Q.

Choose the incorrect statement about osmosis from the following.

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a

The rate of osmosis is dependent only on the pressure gradient.

b

Osmosis occurs spontaneously in response to a driving force.

c

Osmotic pressure is referred to the applied positive pressure, while the osmotic potential is negative.

d

Water moves from a region of higher chemical potential to a region of lower chemical potential.

answer is A.

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Osmosis is the term used to refer specifically to the diffusion of water across a differentially- or selectively permeable membrane. Osmosis occurs spontaneously in response to a driving force. The net direction and rate of osmosis depends on both the pressure gradient and concentration gradient.

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