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Osmosis is more or less specialized then diffusion because it involves?
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Osmosis only involves water.
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The process that occurs when a physical pressure pushes materials through a barrier is called?
Osmosis is the movement of water across the membrane, while diffusion is the movement of solids across a membrane Diffusion ordinarily does not require a membrane.The movement of particles of a substance by their own kinetic energy from their higher concentration to lower concentration is called diffusion.
Whats the difference between osmosis and diffusion?
In diffusion, molecules travel from a higher concentration to a lower concentration. When you put a drop of ink in a glass of water, the spreading of the ink in the water is called diffusion. Similarly, if you spray an air freshener in one corner of a room, eventually people on the other side of the room will be able to smell it as well because the scent has diffused. In osmosis, molecules also travel from higher concentration to a lower concentration. However, osmosis specifically refers to the movement of WATER molecules. Both of these types of transport are examples of passive transport, which requires no energy.
How does osmosis and diffusion help an amoeba survive?
Difussion takes place in amoeba to transport nutrients to every part of amoeba.
Would you expect osmosis and diffusion to the stop when substances are evenly distributed?
You would expect it to be even, but it is not. Since there is energy in the cell, (which can also be heat) molecules will constantly be moving around the cell.
What is the main difference between osmosis and diffusion?
In diffusion, molecules travel from a higher concentration to a lower concentration. When you put a drop of ink in a glass of water, the spreading of the ink in the water is called diffusion. Similarly, if you spray an air freshener in one corner of a room, eventually people on the other side of the room will be able to smell it as well because the scent has diffused. In osmosis, molecules also travel from higher concentration to a lower concentration. However, osmosis specifically refers to the movement of WATER molecules. Both of these types of transport are examples of passive transport, which requires no energy. Osmosis is for solids only, while diffusion is for both gases and liquids.
Why is osmosis often thought to be a special type of diffusion?
Osmosis only works BECAUSE OF diffusion.
What types of transport mechanisms through the cell membrane are passive?
diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and osmosis
Explain how osmosis differs from diffusion?
Osmosis differs from Diffusion because in osmosis only water moves, and during diffusion, small molecules move across the cell membrane.
What is the opposite of osmosis?
Because diffusion is the movement of solute particles while osmosis is the movement of solvent molecules through a semipermeable membrane.
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.
How do diffusion and osmosis differ from one another?
Diffusion and osmosis differ because diffusion is the process by which molecules spread out, or move from areas with high concentration to low concentration, and osmosis is the diffusion of water. Osmosis is a type of diffusion relating to water. It is usually used to describe the diffusion of water across a membrane (such as the cell membrane). Osmosis is also defined as the flow of solvent from a region of higher pressure toward a region of low pressure.
Does osmosis require a cell to expend its own energy?
No. Osmosis is a passive method of transporting water. It moves water from a high concentration of water to a lower concentration of water. It is really simple diffusion but it is called osmosis because it involves water.
What are the consequences for a cell if it cannot carryout osmosis and diffusion effectively?
The cell will work but not very well because osmosis and diffusion did not occur but sometimes it will work anyways
What is one way that osmosis is the same as diffusion?
Osmosis and diffusion are the same because they are both ways that molecules are carried across the cellular membrane with the concentration gradient.
Can osmosis occur in the absence of menbrane?
Osmosis is a type of diffusion that occurs with a semi permeable membrane. It can therefore not occur without a membrane because that is what differentiates it from diffusion.
Why are the processes of diffusion and osmosis are important?
The processes of diffusion and osmosis are important for survival because important biological processes depend on them. For example, water is transported into and out of cells through osmosis instead of active transport.
Compare and contrast osmosis and diffusion?
Diffision is the net movement of molecules from an area where there are many to an area where there are few. Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a cell membrane. Both use each other because diffision is what happens in an osmosis.
