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Give reason:- shrinking of grapes kept is thick sugar syrup

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Concentration of sugar is more and inside the grape the concentration is low and through the semipermeable membrane of the grapes skin, the solvent moves from the lower concentration to higher concentration, thus making the grapes to shrink.
This process is called osmosis.

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Classify the following into osmosis/diffusion
Solution:
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2. Spreading of virus on sneezing.
3. Earthworm dying on coming in contact with common salt.
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5. Preserving pickles in salt.
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7. Aquatic animals using oxygen dissolved in water during respiration.

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