During osmosis
A) pure solvent diffuses through a membrane but solutes do not.
B) pure solutes diffuse through a membrane but solvent does not.
C) pure solvent and a solution both diffuse at the same time through a membrane.
D) gases diffuse through a membrane into a solution and build up pressure.

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Osmosis is the process of solvent molecules moving from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration through a semi-permeable membrane. Solutes do not diffuse through the membrane, only solvent molecules do.

During Osmosis