Osmosis

• What is osmosis?

  The movement of water molecules from a high concentration to a low concentration
• What is this?

  Osmosis

  
• Flaccid plant cell

  In a concentrated solution, cell contents lose water by osmosis - they shrink and pull away from the cell. The cell becomes flaccid

  
• Turgid

  In pure water, the cytoplasm and vacuole push against the cell wall. This is a turgid cell

  
• Osmosis

  In animal (red blood) cells