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Can osmosis refer to the movement of water or sugar through a membrane?
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∙ 13y ago
Osmosis the the term that applies primarily to water, not sugars.
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When there are different amounts of a substance on either side of the cell membrane an gradient results?
osmosis
What is isotonic in terms of water potentials?
Isotonic in terms of water potential refer to the diffusion of the water molecules through the plasma membrane in both direction.
What is the term used to refer to the types of cells?
It depends becuase the answer could be the plasma membrane!!
What does the hydrologic cycle refer its movement to?
Hydrologic cycle refers to the movement of water. Water travel across the biosphere.
To what does the term grana refer?
A stack of thylakoids inside the cholorplast of a plant cell. A stack of thylakoid membrane structure
Why is osmosis special type of diffusion?
Osmosis is considered a specialised type of diffusion because it ONLY involves water passing from a region of high water potential to an area of low water potential through a partially-permeable membrane. Osmosis takes place primarily in our small intestines, where water is absorbed.
Which term describes the movement of water molecules in and out of a cell?
its not diffusion at all, but i think you mean osmosis. it has nothing to do with water concentration so it is a completely distinct mechanism. osmosis works as the amount of free water decreases as the amount of solute increase. we refer to the proportion of water in this free state as Ψ (psi). solutions with a lower Ψ have more solutes in them and therefore water will travel across a partially permiable membrane down the Ψ gradent, until the amount of free water is the same. the maximum Ψ possible (for comletely pur water) is 0.
What does osmosis refer to?
The movement of water from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration.
How does materials move through Semi-permeable membrane?
The movement of water through a semi-permeable membrane from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration is called osmosis.Osmosis. It is the movement of solvent molecules through a selectively permeable membrane into a region of higher solute concentration. Osmosis tries to level the concentration of solute on both sides of the membrane.The movement of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane is known as osmosis.
What is water potentials in osmosis?
The water potential in osmosis refer to difference in the concentration of the two media.
When there are different amounts of a substance on either side of the cell membrane an gradient results?
osmosis
What is osmosis in science?
The term osmosis refer to an entropy driven process by which substances tend to move from a region of high concentration to a region of lower concentration.
Do neurotransmitters use passive or active transport?
In general, they use neither. The terms active and passive transport refer to movement ACROSS cell membranes--from one side to the other. Neurotransmitters are packaged inside membrane and they leave the neuron through exocytosis. They re-enter the neuron through receptor-mediated endocytosis. That means they never really pass THROUGH the membrane.
Why are the alveoli sometimes called respiratory membrane?
The alveoli are sometimes refer to as the respiratory membrane. This due to the transfer of gases that occurs between the epithelium (the membrane) and the capillaries (the blood). When Oxygen and carbon dioxide transfer across this membrane through diffusion Oxygen goes into the blood and Carbon dioxide is diffused out into the Alveoli.
What is isotonic in terms of water potentials?
Isotonic in terms of water potential refer to the diffusion of the water molecules through the plasma membrane in both direction.
What is the term used to refer to the types of cells?
It depends becuase the answer could be the plasma membrane!!
What does the hydrologic cycle refer its movement to?
Hydrologic cycle refers to the movement of water. Water travel across the biosphere.
