Classify the following into osmosis/diffusion (a) Swelling up of a raisin on keeping in water. (b) Spreading of virus on sneezing.

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asked Nov 7, 2017 in Chemistry by jisu zahaan (28,760 points) 28 436 1078

Classify the following into osmosis/diffusion 

(a) Swelling up of a raisin on keeping in water. 

(b) Spreading of virus on sneezing. 

(c) Earthworm dying on coming in contact with common salt. 

(d) Shrinking of grapes kept in thick sugar syrup. 

(e) Preserving pickles in salt. 

(f) Spreading of smell of cake being baked through out the house. 

(g) Aquatic animals using oxygen dissolved in water during respiration

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answered Nov 7, 2017 by sforrest072 (157,439 points) 63 448 1265

(a) Osmosis 

(b) Diffusion 

(c) Osmosis 

(d) Osmosis 

(e) Osmosis 

(f) Diffusion 

(g) Diffusion

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