An innovative professor who wanted to give a live demonstration of a physiological process, filled a glass bottle with previously moistened mustard seeds and water. He screwcapped the bottle and kept it away in a corner and resumed his lecture. Towards the end of his lecture there was a sudden explosion with glass pieces of bottle thrown around.
Which of the following phenomena did the professor want to demonstrate?
(a) Diffusion
(b) Osmosis
(c) Anaerobic respiration
(d) Imbibition
