<span>A nonliving thing is a body or object that is inanimate or dead.
It is anything that lacks or stops displaying the characteristics of
life. One of the most significant characteristics and differences of a
nonliving to a living thing is its lack of protoplasm, which is the
living substance of cells. Without protoplasm, nonliving things are not
capable of reproduction, growth, movement, respiration and metabolism</span>
Water flows from the side of higher water potential (higher water concentration leads to higher water potential) to the side of lower water potential.
This movement is called osmosis. Water potential means the tendency of water flowing away. The higher the water concentration the solvent/solution is, the higher the water potential is and the more likely it'll flow to the other side.
Therefore, if one of the solvents has 10% water and the other has 50% water, water molecules will flow from the one with 50% water to the 10% one. This movement is completely natural and does not require extra energy. The net flow will stop until both sides have the same water concentration. Water still flows through both sides at that time, but no net flow.
Note that osmosis is only the movement of water molecules, with the presence of semi-permeable membrane (which can decide what substances can go through), and the flow of down the water potential gradient. If any one of these is not applicable, the movement is not osmosis.
This most definetly false. Science thrives on evidence, and anything science based needs to proven through scientific means. And theories are constantly given evidence for or against.
In essence the key to science is to always keep and open mind. Any scientist who thinks differently is not a scientist.
When placed in tap water, which is a hypotonic environment, animal cells have a higher solute concentration inside of the cell compared to the tap water. ... This, however, is not the case for plant cells which has a strategy to prevent lysis when put in a hypotonic environment. So the answer to your question is D
