Solute Concentration and Water Potential MCQ

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Question

Increase in solute concentration causes water potential to:

Options

Choose one · Correct answer highlighted

Increase Become zero Become less negative Become more negative Correct

Explanation

Pick D: Become more negative. Thinking through WATER POTENTIAL step by step rules out the lookalikes and leaves Become more negative. Skip these: A) Increase; B) Become zero; C) Become less negative. For hormones and genes, match the molecule or gene to its real role, not a neighboring pathway.

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