n. the dissolved substance in a solution; the component of a solution that changes its state
The salt is the solute and the water the solvent.
The salt is the solute and the water the solvent.
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Hypotonic solution has a lower solute concetration outside the cell.
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Hypertonic solutions have a higher concentration of solute outside the cell.
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The movement of a solute down its concentration gradient is called diffusion.
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