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The movement of water molecules from an area of high concentration to low concentration through a selectively permeable membrane is called what?
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What can osmosis be described as?
Osmosis is the movement of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane.
How do fluid materials transport through membrane osmosis osmosis?
Osmosis is the movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane from where it is in high concentration to where it is in low concentration.
What type of membrane is required for osmosis?
A selectively permeable membrane
Osmosis is the movement of?
Osmosis is the movement of water through a membrane. A solvent, which is often water, from a higher water concentration to a lower water concentration across a selectively-permeable membrane. =) [my answer is better. jk]
What are the conditions required for osmosis to occur?
The following conditions are required for osmosis to occur: 1) A selectively-permeable membrane 2) Concentration difference
Which term refers to the diffusion of water molecules through a slestively permaeable membrane?
The movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane is called diffusion. Water will always diffuse down a concentration gradient, from high solute concentration to low solute concentration.
When molecules move from high concentration to low concentration this is called?
diffusion unless it is water molecules moving through a selectively permeable membrane in which case it is osmosis
What is a selectively permeable memberane?
A selectively permeable membrane means that it lets some molecules through but others can't get in.
What makes the cell membrane selective permeable?
A cell membrane is selectively permeable because it only allows particles to move across them due to different concentrations. Molecules move from areas of low concentration to high concentration.
What process - movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane from an area of high water concentration to an area of low concentration?
Osmosis is the process by which water moves across a selectively permeable membrane.
What is definition of selectively permeable?
The selectively permeable phospholipid bilayer (a.k.a plasma membrane) is 'selectively permeable' because it selects which molecules it allows to permeate (pass through).
What is a selectlively permeable membrane?
The cell membrane is selectively permeable, allowing some molecules to pass through by osmosis
What is the movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane?
The movement of water through a selectively permeable membrane is called diffusion. Water will always diffuse down a concentration gradient, from high solute concentration to low solute concentration.
Diffusion of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane?
it is osmosis
What is the diffusion of water molecule through a selectively permeable membrane?
It's called osmosis. A selectively permeable membrane will only allow certain molecules to pass trough. To illustrate: If you have a high concentration of sugar molecules on one side of the membrane, no sugar on the other side, and the sugar molecules are too big to pass trough the membrane. If this is the case, then water molecules will diffuse over to the side of the membrane with a high sugar concentration. This happens because the molecules try to distribute themselves evenly in the solution. The water molecules move because the sugar molecules can't.
What do you call a cell membrane that allows certain molecules to pass through?
A selectively permeable membrane.
When some molecules go through a membrane faster than others the membrane is what?
selectively permeable
