Osmosis

• Osmosis


  The diffusion of water from a dilute solution to a concentrated solution through a partially permeable membrane
• Dilute solution

  • Contains a high concentration of water
  • Contains a low concentration of solute (e.g. sugar)
• Concentrated solution


  • Contains a low concentration of water
  • Contains a high concentration of solute (e.g. sugar)
• The cytoplasm of a cell is a relatively concentrated solution it contains a relative low concentration of water
• What happens if you place an animal cell in water

  Water warm with buy osmosis from outside the cell to inside the cell. This will call the cell to expand and maybe even burst.
• What happens if you play the animal cell in a concentrated solution

  Water warm with out of the cell by osmosis and the cell will shrink.
• What happens if you place a plant cell in water

  Water will move into the cell by osmosis and the cell will expand. The cell wall prevents the plant cell from bursting
• What happens if you place a plant cell in a concentrated solution.

  Watermel the cell which causes the cell to shrink, scientists say that the cell has now become flaccid