Water moves across a selectively permeable membrane from a 1% salt solution to a 4% salt solution.This is an example of
A) simple diffusion
B) facilitated diffusion
C) osmosis
D) filtration
E) active transport

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This is an example of osmosis, where water moves across a selectively permeable membrane from an area of lower solute concentration (1% salt solution) to an area of higher solute concentration (4% salt solution) in an effort to reach equilibrium.

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