Give an example for replacing substances and an example for removing substances.
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Examples for Replacing Substances and removing sub
Replacing substances: food and/or oxygen.
Removing substances: carbon dioxide and waste products.
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The Movement of Substances
These substances can pass into and out of cells by...
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The Movement of Substances
Diffusion
Osmosis
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Diffusion
What is diffusion?
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Diffusion
Diffusion is the spreading of the particles of a gas, or any substance in solution, which results in a net movement from a region where they are at a higher concentration, to a region where they are at a lower concentration.
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Diffusion
What passes through cell membranes by diffusion? And why?
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Diffusion
Oxygen required for respiration passes through cell membranes by diffusion.
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Diffusion
The greater the difference in concentration, the...
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Diffusion
The greater the difference in concentration, the faster the rate of diffusion.
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Osmosis
Osmosis is...
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Osmosis
Osmosis is the movement of water from a dilute solution to a more concentrated solution through a partially permeable membrane.
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Osmosis
The membrane allows...
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Osmosis.
The membrane allows the passage of water molecules, but not solute molecules because they are too large.
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Osmosis
Osmosis will gradually dilute the more concentrated solution. For example...
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Osmosis
For example, at root hair cells water moves from the soil into the cell by osmosis, along a concentration gradient.
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