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Ah, what a delightful question! Making a cup of tea is a lovely example of diffusion. When you place the tea bag in hot water, the molecules in the tea leaves spread out, creating a flavorful and soothing brew. It's like nature's way of giving you a warm hug in a cup.

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Is making a cup of tea diffusion osmosis or active transport?

Making a cup of tea involves diffusion, which is the passive movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane, which is not directly involved in making tea. Active transport involves the movement of particles against a concentration gradient and requires energy, which is not typically needed for making tea.


Do cells have to work to make osmosis happen?

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 :)


Sentence with osmosis and diffusion to describe what happens when a tea bag and a spoonful of sugar are placed in a cup of hot water?

When a tea bag and a spoonful of sugar are placed in hot water, diffusion allows the sugar molecules to move from an area of high concentration to a lower concentration throughout the water, sweetening it. Osmosis causes water to move into the tea bag, allowing the flavor compounds to diffuse out and infuse the water.


If a sugar cube is dropped into a cup of hot water and without being stirred all of the liquid becomes sweet tasting. Is this an example of diffusion?

No, this is an example of dissolution rather than diffusion. Diffusion is the movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to lower concentration, while dissolution is the process of a solid dissolving into a liquid to form a solution.


Is taking in water from a cup into the body osmosis?

No, it isn't. Osmosis is on a cellular level, like water moving through the membrane of a cell. However, it is a good metaphor to explain osmosis.


How does the flavor spread from a tea bag thought a cup of hot water?

osmosis


What happens when a cell plant is placed in salt. In a potato I made a hole and I put salt on it . In other hand I put this in a cup with water. What will happens in relation a Diffussio aND oSmos?

~When you put salt in potato and then put it in the water cup, there is low water concentration in potato and more concentration in the cup of water. Due to this concentration gradient water moves from the cup into the potato by osmosis.


Does water go though your skin?

water doesn't really go in it, it just gets absorbed. Like for example strawberries if you leave one in a cup of water, osmosis will occur and therefore your stawberries will taste watery


What are 2 examples of osmosis?

Osmosis in plant cells. (water moves into plant cells by osmosis). Osmosis in animal cells. (water also diffuses in and out of animal cells by osmosis). Hope this answers your question.


What happens when you put a gummy bear in water?

the bear will expand due to osmosis which is the diffusion of water. because the bear is made up of glucose, salt, etc., the water in the cup surrounding it will move into the bear. because water moves from high concentration (cup of water) to low concentration (gummi bear), the bear collects a significant amount of water, causing it to become much larger in size. -imadancer.


What is a substitution for 1 cup of cisco stortening?

1 cups vegetable oil, but it depends on what you are making, cant make a pie crust for example with oil.


How does osmosis conserve energy?

Osmosis is a form of diffusion. Assuming one is talking about cells, diffusion is the process of shifting something from a high concentration to a low concentration. Nature tries to maintain homeostasis, or a balance. Osmosis allows water to move from an area of high concentration, either inside or outside the cell membrane, to an area of low concentration so that there is an equal amount of water both inside the cell and outside. This needs to happen because if id did not, the cell would either explode, assuming its an animal cell, from too much water, or shrivel up from a lack of it. Now back to the actual question. Diffusion happens naturally, just as hot air rises and cold are drops. There is no or little energy used by the cell. If it needed more or less water inside the membrane than outside. It would need to use energy to do this. Think of it this way. The cell is a cup of coffee and the water is heat energy. Naturally, the coffee would let off heat, making it colder and the air around it warmer until both the coffee and the air are the same temperature. However, if you want to keep the coffee hot (in this case, keep the water molecules within the membrane), you need s hot plate or something which would use energy to keep the heat in. This is not a perfect example but it works to a degree. Hope this helped!