In living cells, the term osmosis is used to describe the movement of water from high to low concentration across the plasma membrane. Predict the result if a plant cell is placed in a solution that has the same solute concentration as the cell.

a. Water movement in and out is balanced.
b. Water is at equilibrium and therefore stops moving in and out of the cell.
c. All solutes will be gathered into a central vacuole, reducing the solute concentration of the cytoplasm.
d. All solutes leave the cell, but the water molecules are retained by the central vacuole.