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The natural tendency of molecules to move from higher to lower concentrations is what?
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∙ 7y ago
When molecules of water move from high to low concentration, it is referred to as OSMOSIS.
When solute molecules move from high to low concentration, it is referred to as DIFFUSION.
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∙ 13y agoDiffusion.
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Why does the boiling temperature of water decrease when the water is under reduced pressure such as it is in a higher altitude?
Reduced pressure lessens the squeezing of molecules, which favors their tendency to separate and form vapor.
What is osmosis gradient?
Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a water permeable membrane. The gradient is the tendency of the water molecules to move from the side of higher concentration of water to the side with lower concentration of water in an attempt to achieve equilibrium.
Difference in osmosis and diffusion?
Diffusion is the spread of particles through random motion from regions of higher concentration to regions of lower concentration.... Osmosis is the net movement of solvent molecules through a partially permiable membrane into a region of higher solute concentration, in order to equalize the solute concentrations on the two sides....
What is diffusibility?
DIFFUSIBILITY The quality of being diffusible; capability of being poured or spread out.
What is the movement of molecules from areas of lower concentrations to regions of higher concentrations?
Diffusion
What do molecules move along in diffusion?
Molecules move a from regions where they are in higher concentrations to regions where they are in lower concentrations. Random
Movement of molecules along an imaginary slope usually from higher to lower concentrations?
Diffusion.
What is the natural tendency of molecules to spread from an are of high concentration to low concentration?
Diffusion. If this happens to a water molecule, it is called osmosis. Moving from lower to higher concentration requires active transport.
What process is illustrated by the arrows labeled a in figure6-1?
The process illustrated by the arrows labeled "a" is diffusion. This is the movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration, driven by the natural tendency of molecules to spread out and reach equilibrium.
What is the process of molecules spreading from an area of high concentrations to low concentration?
Diffusion describes the spread of molecules through random motion from regions of higher concentration to regions of lower concentration.
What does osmosis do in a cell?
the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane.
What is net movement of particles from an area of higher concentrations to an area of low concentrations called?
Diffusion is the passive movements of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. Osmosis is the movement of water molecules across a partially permeable membrane from a region of higher water concentration to a region of lower concentration.
Which process requires cellular energy to move molecules across the cell membrane from a region of lower concentrations to a region of higher concentration?
You are describing active 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.
How do water molecules move in hypotonic solutions?
if there was a bag of a hypotonic solution siting in a cup full of water, the water would move into the bag, with the goal of diluting the solute.
What is osomsis and difusion?
Osmosis is the tendency of a solvent to travel across a semipermeable membrane (Semipermeable membrane- a membrane that allows some molecules to pass through but does not allow other molecules to pass through) into areas of higher solute concentration. Diffusion is the random motion of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
