Question

The size of a raw mango shrinks to a much smaller size when kept in a concentrated salt solution. Which one of the following processes can explain this?

Options

• Osmosis

• Dialysis

• Diffusion

• Reverse osmosis

Answer 1

Osmosis

Explanation:

It is an example of osmosis. Osmosis is the movement of a solvent across a semipermeable membrane towards a higher concentration of solute (concentrated solution).