Soil can best be described as ?

a) water will move from the cell into the beaker acroas the cell membrane

b) solutes will diffuse into the cell

Explanation:

a) Osmosis is the phenomenon that describes the movement of water from a region of low solute concentration (high water concentration) to a region of high solute concentration (low water concentration) across a semi-permeable membrane. In this case, since the inside of the cell contains a lesser concentration of solute (150mm), water containing dissolved solutes will move osmotically into the solution of the beaker, which has a higher concentration of solute (500mM) via the cell membrane (semi-permeable membrane).

b) Diffusion involves the movement of particles or molecules from a region where they are highly concentrated to a region where they are less concentrated. In this case, solutes/ions will diffuse from the beaker (outside the cell) containing 500mM of solute INTO THE CELL containing 150mM of solute.