osmosis

• osmosis is diffusion of water particles in and out of the cell
• osmosis is always the movement of water particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration until balanced
• osmosis causes equal concentrations inside and outside of the cell
• if too much water enters the cell it could break down
• osmosis draws water in and out of the cell through the cell wall and cell membrane
• cells in a dilute solution become turgid as the difference in concentration causes osmosis to occur and water to enter the cell so that they become balanced, causing the cell to become turgid.
• cells in the same solution stay the same as osmosis doesn’t need to occur as they have an equlibrium
• cells in a concentrated solution become flaccid as due to the solution being more concentrated, water will exit the cell so they can reach equal concentrations and become balanced, causing the cell to become flaccid due to the decrease in water