U2)Osmosis

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  • Created on: 19-04-20 16:08
What is osmosis?
Movement of water from high water potential to low water potential through a semi permeable membrane
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What is the process and does it require energy?
Passive + no energy required
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What is the highest water potential?
Zero
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What is water with solutes in it in terms of water potential number?
Minus number
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Why does water struggle to get through the bilayer?
It's dipolar
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What is water's channel protein?
Aquaporin
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What are the 3 factors that affect it?
Difference in concentration gradient + surface area +osmotic pathway length
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What is isotonic?
When 2 solutions have the same wp
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What is it called when there are lots of solutes present so there's a low wp?
Hypertonic
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What is it called when there are little of solutes present so there's a high wp?
Hypotonic
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What is the process and does it require energy?

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What is the highest water potential?

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What is water with solutes in it in terms of water potential number?

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Why does water struggle to get through the bilayer?

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