Hina peels off the potato and makes a deep hollow cavity in that. She fills half of the cavity with sugar solution. She places the potato in a dish containing water whose level is lower than sugar solution. After some time, the level of sugar solution increases because

Potato release water.

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Potato absorbs water from dish.

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Sugar releases the water.

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None of the above.

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Solution

The correct option is D Potato absorbs water from dish.
Osmosis is a spontaneous movement of a solvent (water) through a cellular membrane from higher concentration to lower concentration to create equilibrium. In case of potato, the solute which is water is high in concentration outside the potato and low inside in the potato cavity. By the process of osmosis, water moves into the cavity and increases the level of sugar solution.
So the correct answer is 'Potato absorbs water from dish'.

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