Osmosis
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- Created on: 15-02-16 14:39
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- Osmosis
- is the diffusion of water from a dilute to a more concentrated solution through a partially permeable membrane
- Differences in the concentration of the solutions inside and outside of the cell cause water or move into or out of the cell by osmosis
- Terms
- Isotonic
- This means that there is the same amount of water
- Eg. The cell was isotonic to the surrounding solution - This means that there is an equal amount of water in the cell and the in the surrounding solution
- This means that there is the same amount of water
- Hypertonic
- This means there is less water - it is a comparative word
- Eg. The cell was Hypertonic to the surrounding solution - This means that there is less water in the cell than the surrounding solution.
- A way to remember this is that if you eat a lot of sugar you go HYPER - if a solution has a lot of sugar in it ,it will have less water. hence HYPERtonic
- This means there is less water - it is a comparative word
- Plasmolysis
- This means that most of the water has left the cell and the cell's protoplasm peals away form the cell wall meaning that the cell is flaccid
- Hypotonic
- this means that there is more water - it is a comparative word
- Eg. The cell was hypotonic to the surrounding solution, meaning that the cell had a higher water concentration to the surrounding solution
- A way to remember this is that the word HYPOtonic has the word hypo in it and hypo's like water!
- this means that there is more water - it is a comparative word
- Isotonic
- Terms
- Differences in the concentration of the solutions inside and outside of the cell cause water or move into or out of the cell by osmosis
- Osmosis in plant and animal cells
- Plant cells walls are very strong and do not stretch
- This means that when a plant is full of water - or TURGID - the cell wall is pushing against the contents of the cell and the entire structure of the cell is very stiff or firm.
- If the cell loses water it loses its rigidity and becomes FLACCID or PLASMOLYSED - this means that the plant will no longer be surported and will wilt
- Plant cells walls are very strong and do not stretch
- is the diffusion of water from a dilute to a more concentrated solution through a partially permeable membrane
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