The process of fermentation in baking or brewing requires sugar osmosis. Yeast cells use sugar as a food source, and during fermentation, they take up sugar molecules through osmosis to produce carbon dioxide and alcohol. This is essential to the rising of dough in baking and the production of alcohol in brewing.
No, dissolving sugar in coffee is a process of solvation, not osmosis. Osmosis involves the movement of water molecules across a semi-permeable membrane to equalize the concentration of solute on both sides, which is not happening in this scenario.
Osmosis explains the process by which sugar molecules move from an area of high concentration (syrup) to an area of low concentration (strawberries). When strawberries are placed in sugar syrup, water inside the strawberries moves out through osmosis to balance the concentration, causing the strawberries to absorb the sugar and become sweeter.
Sugar transport can occur through both passive transport, such as facilitated diffusion or simple diffusion, and active transport, such as primary or secondary active transport processes. Osmosis specifically refers to the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane, so sugar transport itself is not osmosis.
Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration across a semi-permeable membrane. In the case of a watery syrup on sugar-coated strawberries, osmosis causes water from the berries to move outwards towards the higher concentration of sugar in the syrup, resulting in the strawberries releasing more liquid and becoming juicier.
The process is called diffusion, where the sugar particles move from an area of high concentration (the lump of sugar) to an area of low concentration (the rest of the water) until they are evenly distributed.
it requires no energy
It requires energy. With a pressure difference, you can revert osmosis.
No, osmosis is a type of diffusion. Diffusion never requires work. Osmosis occurs when water seeks equilibrium. The water will naturally try to have the same amount of solvents in it without work from the cell. You can do osmosis experiments using a dialysis bag. Put solvent (such as sugar) in the bag with some water. Then put the bag in a cup of water. Watch what happens :)
No, dissolving sugar in coffee is a process of solvation, not osmosis. Osmosis involves the movement of water molecules across a semi-permeable membrane to equalize the concentration of solute on both sides, which is not happening in this scenario.
Yes, it is, as it requires no energy.
Osmosis is the movement of water from an area of lower solute concentration to an area of higher concentration through a semi-permeable membrane. When sugar is sprinkled on strawberries, it draws water out of the fruit through osmosis, creating a watery syrup as the sugar dissolves in the liquid that is extracted from the strawberries.
active transport requirs energy; osmosis requires very little to no energy
osmosis
Yes, the "passive moving" of water across the membrane is considered osmosis.
It can't. As osmosis is the natural movement of water down a water potential gradient, it requires no energy.
The statement that osmosis requires energy input from the cell is not correct. Osmosis is a passive process that does not require energy input from the cell, while active transport does require energy to move molecules against their concentration gradient.
Cells will absorb sugar by means of osmosis.