Even though there are no choices given in this particular question, the principle of osmosis is very easy to understand.
When we talk about osmosis, we are referring to the movement of water from a low concentration to a higher concentration. This is different from diffusion, which talks specifically about the movement of <em>solutes</em> in the solution (from a higher concentration to a lower concentration.)
When an RBC is placed inside a <em>hypertonic </em>solution, the water inside the RBC will go out thereby shrinking the RBC.
Inside an <em>isotonic</em> solution, the RBC will remain the same because the concentrations are equal.
Inside a <em>hypotonic</em> solution, the RBC will lyse or explode because water will move from the solution going inside the RBC.
The statement that best compares gymnosperms and angiosperms is : A. Both reproduce sexually, but gymnosperms contain only xylem and angiosperms contain xylem and phloem.
Gymnosperms produce exposed seeds, not enclosed in fruit whilst Angiosperms have Fruits, flowers, and endosperms as defining characteristics.
Answer B And C
The decoding of information in a cell's DNA into proteins begins with a complex ... use different sets of catalysts to express only specific portions of these instructions to ... that the process of DNA replication be as accurate as possible (Figure 1). ... number depends on how active a particular cell is in synthesizing proteins.
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