Explain why water molecules can move from one side of the membrane to the other, but sugar molecules cannot. Lich direction is the net movement of
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Cells can gain or lose water by the process of osmosis. This depends on the water concentration of the solution inside the cell compared to water concentration of the solution outside the cell.
The water concentration can be thought of as the proportion of a solution that is water. Solutions with a high concentration of solute molecules, such as sugars or salts, have a low concentration of water molecules and vice versa.
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