Biology (11th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 1259188132
ISBN 13: 978-1-25918-813-8

Chapter 5 - Membranes - Review Questions - Understand - Page 106: 6

Answer

D.

Work Step by Step

D. describes the dynamic steady state in a cell--water will always move, but in an isotonic environment there is not net movement. B. is wrong because water would have to stop moving completely. A. and C. are wrong because they describe what would happen in hypotonic and hypertonic environments, respectively.
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