Which of the following is not an example of osmosis?
A) Salting meat serves as a preservative.
B) Vegetables placed in fresh water firm up.
C) Sugar in coffee dissolves.
D) Strawberries placed in sugar become syrupy.
E) Eating salty popcorn makes people's lips dry.

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Sugar dissolving in coffee is an example of simple diffusion moving the sugar molecules from high to low concentration. All of the other examples influence the movement of water in and out of cells across their plasma membranes, which are examples of osmosis in action.

Which of the Following Is Not an Example of Osmosis