When a cucumber is placed into a concentrated salt solution (brine) during the pickling process, the cucumber will shrivel because water will move from the ___ to the ___ and this process is known as ___.

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Water moves from the cucumber (where there is a higher concentration of water) to the salt solution (where there is a lower concentration of water) through the process of osmosis, which is the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from an area of high water concentration to an area of low water concentration.

When a Cucumber Is Placed into a Concentrated Salt Solution