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Why do dissolved particles on one side of the membrane result in the diffusion of water across the membrane?
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Dissolved particles on one side of the membrane results in the diffusion of water across the membrane due to the need to have the same solution concentration on both sides of the membrane. Water will diffuse from a hypotonic solution to a hypertonic solution.
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∙ 11y agoIt will pass from the more concentrated to the less concentrated
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∙ 12y agoThe water will travel to the saltiest location
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What moves particles like oxygen into cells?
Oxygen diffuses directly across the cell membrane and requires nothing to carry it.
Is it from high concentration to low that particles move across a membrane move?
Yes. It is called Osmosis. Particles move across the membrane in order to balance the concentration of particles on both sides of the membrane. Since the membrane tends to block the larger particles, its the smaller molecules that move, so what happens across membranes is that the motion (of say water) is from low concentration toward higher - but the result is to even the concentration on both sides of the membrane, Pure diffusion is always from higher concentration to lower.
What is the process that utilizes a carrier to move materials across the plasma membrane in the direction of the concentration gradient that does not use ATP?
Active Transport
What is diffusion in biology?
Diffusion is the process that occurs when a certain concentrated volume of material moves to a less concentrated state. Facilitated diffusion is different and is done with the help of pumps actively transporting materials across the cell membrane to create the equilibrium on both sides of the membrane. ža specific type of passive transport žthe movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration ždissolved particles that are small or nonpolar can diffuse through the cell membrane ždiffusion is used to reach equilibrium –equilibrium: a condition in which the concentration of a substance is equal throughout a space
When will water and solutes stop moving across a membrane?
Particles in a given medium stop moving across the membrane during diffusion when a state of equilibrium is reached, that is when the number of particles on either side of the membrane equalizes.
What motion of particles across a membrane requires energy?
Movement across a membrane that does require energy is called active transport.
Why do dissolved particles on one side of a membrane result in the diffusion of water across the membrane?
When one area has a higher concentration than another area substances move from the area of high concentration to the area of low concentration.
Particles moving across a cell membrane without using energy?
Diffusion and Osmosis
Diffusion of solvent particles across a semipermeable membrane?
Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane, such as that surrounding a cell. Semipermeable indicates that the membrane will allow certain thing to pass through it while preventing others.
The movement of relatively large particles across a plasma membrane via transport proteins?
... is called "facilitated diffusion".
What is the movement called when a cell does not use energy to move particles across the cell's membrane?
It is called passive diffusion.
What is the movement called when a call does not use energy to move particles across the cells membrane?
It is called passive diffusion.
What is the movement of relatively large particles across a plasma membrane via transport proteins called?
Facilitated Diffusionosmosis & diffusion
Describe how dissolved particles move across a plasma membrane form regions of lower to higher concentrations?
Things move across the membrane from lower to higher concentrations by active transport.
What moves particles like oxygen into cells?
Oxygen diffuses directly across the cell membrane and requires nothing to carry it.
Is it from high concentration to low that particles move across a membrane move?
Yes. It is called Osmosis. Particles move across the membrane in order to balance the concentration of particles on both sides of the membrane. Since the membrane tends to block the larger particles, its the smaller molecules that move, so what happens across membranes is that the motion (of say water) is from low concentration toward higher - but the result is to even the concentration on both sides of the membrane, Pure diffusion is always from higher concentration to lower.
When does diffusion occur across a cell membrane?
Diffusion across a cell membrane occurs when concentrations of a substance are higher either inside or outside the cell.
