Question

Fructose is a molecule that can move across the cell membrane. if the concentration of fructose is higher outside the cell than inside the cell, then what will happen by the process of diffusion?

Answer 1

Answer:

Osmosis

Explanation:

Osmosis always occurs in favor of the gradient, in order to equalize the concentrations of both membrane faces.

In other words, water moves through the membrane from the lowest concentration to the highest concentration.

Water is forced to cross the membrane through osmotic pressure.

In the case presented in the question, water will move from the inside of the cell to the outside (where the fructose concentration is higher), more precisely, from the less concentrated medium to the more concentrated medium.

Answer 2

Water from inside the cell will move to the outside (which is osmosis) shrivel ing the cell if it's an animal cell. A plant cell won't really shrivel completely because it has a cell wall, but the membrane will