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Diffusion refers to the passive movement of a substance from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration. Diffusion of water across a (semi) permeable membrane is called osmosis.
For instance, you have two glasses of water with a tube connecting the two glasses at the bottom. In that tube is a screen.
If you add some salt (NaCl) to glass #1, water will pass through the tube from glass #2 until the concentration of salt water is equal in both glasses. NaCl is too big to pass through the screen (selectively permeable membrane) so water does the equalizing.
This is an analogy so dont bother cutting holes in all of your glasses to see the reaction.
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What is the net diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane?
Osmosis
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 osmisis?
Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
How is osmosis defined?
as diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
What facilitates the diffusion of water across the cell membrane?
Osmosis is a type of simple diffusion in which water molecules diffuse through a selectively permeable. Simple diffusion and facilitated diffusionare similar in that both involve.
Diffusion of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane?
it is osmosis
What is the net diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane?
Osmosis
Is it true if the process by which water moves across a selectively permeable membrane is called diffusion?
Diffusion is a physical process. When it is performed through a selectively permeable membrane, it is called osmosis. Thus osmosis is an appropriate word for movement of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane and not diffusion.
The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane through aquaporins is called?
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.
What materials does osmosis transport?
Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane from where it(water) is in higher concentration to where it(water) is in lower 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 the transporting process for osmosis?
Diffusion of WATER across a differentially permeable membrane from an area of high concentration to one of low concentration.
What is the diffusion of water across the selectively permeable?
osmosis
What is osmisis?
Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
How is osmosis defined?
as diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
What facilitates the diffusion of water across the cell membrane?
Osmosis is a type of simple diffusion in which water molecules diffuse through a selectively permeable. Simple diffusion and facilitated diffusionare similar in that both involve.
