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What is the relationship between concentration levels and the rate of osmosis?
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∙ 10y ago
Yes. The rate of osmosis is determined by several factors, including heat, molecule size, and concentration gradient. The concentration gradient is essentially the difference between the concentration within part of the system to that concentration in the rest of the system. So, the hotter the water (solution)/the smaller the molecules/the greater the concentration difference, the greater (faster) the rate of osmosis. (Source: today's Biology lecure at a state university, as well as several college websites.)
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoYes, because its essestially diffusion except only with water. You need different concentrations for particles to diffuse to areas of lower concentration, otherwise it does not occur. Same thing happens in osmosis except only with water particles.
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∙ 10y agoHigher concentrations can affect the statistical outcome of how many molecules or atoms will end up on either side of the membrane. If there is a way higher concentration, there is a higher probability of those molecules being bumped into and pushed towards and through the membrane, until there are roughly the same amounts on either side, where the probablistic outcome of those molecules ending up on either side is roughly the same. At that point, concentrations on either side remain more or less constant.
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∙ 9y agoThe lower the concentration of a solute, the higher the rate of osmosis will be. The higher the concentration of the solvent, the faster osmosis will occur.
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∙ 14y agoYes. the higher the concentration gradient, the higher the rate of osmosis.
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∙ 9y agoIncreasing the concentration of sugar will decrease the rate of osmosis. This occurs because the concentration of free water molecules in the solution goes down, lessening its permeability.
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∙ 9y agoWater moves from higher to lower potential. The greater the difference between two potential, the greater is the rate of osmosis.
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∙ 12y agoYes it does.
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What is the effect of osmosis in living systems?
It provides different levels of water concentration to where you need it.
Why do your cells need to carry out osmosis?
Cells need to carry out osmosis to stay hydrated. Osmosis does not take any ATP to function. It diffuses through the cell membrane to make it so that the concentration inside the cell is about the same as the concentration levels outside the cell.
What is the process of moving water into or out of a cell membrane?
Well this process is called osmosis. When too much water gets in a cell it uses sugar levels and water levels to balance out the matter inside the cell. If to much water and nutrients enters the cell it will die because it cannot process all the nutrients.
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What is the effect of osmosis in living systems?
It provides different levels of water concentration to where you need it.
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