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Which of the Following Statements Is NOT Correct About Osmosis

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Which of the following statements is NOT correct about osmosis and plant cells?


A) Water tends to diffuse from soil into young plant cells, thus creating an osmotic pressure.
B) Turgor pushes against the cell walls from the outside, so it keeps the cells plump.
C) If the concentration of solutes becomes higher in the soil than in plant cells, water molecules will tend to diffuse out of plant cells.
D) The cytoplasm of plant cells would typically contain more solutes than soil water.
E) Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules across the plasma membrane of plant cells.

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