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Water potential of actively absorbing cells is

Options

  1. AAlways +ve
  2. BAlways -ve
  3. CAlways 0
  4. DAlways >1

Correct answer

B. Always -ve

Step-by-step solution

Water potential is regarded as the tendency of water to leave a system. Pure water has the highest possible water potential which is zero. All solutions have water potential lower than that of pure water.

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