Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337408332
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 11SQ
Solutes tend to diffuse from a region where they are _______ concentrated to an adjacent region where they are _______ concentrated.
- a. more, less
- b. less, more
- c. movement is independent of concentration
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