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Would water flow from the microbe to the jam or from the jam to the microbe by osmosis?

Water would flow from the microbe to the jam by osmosis. Osmosis involves the movement of water molecules from an area of high water concentration (microbe) to an area of low water concentration (jam) through a semi-permeable membrane.


What direction do molecules of osmosis move?

Osmosis is not a molecule. It is the flow of water through cell membranes from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration.


What is the process of water moving from an area of low salute concentration to an area of high solute concentration?

Water does flow to a region of more concentrated solute, by the process of osmosis.


Does osmosis need oxygen?

Osmosis refers to the flow of water along the water potential through a selectively/differentially permeable membrane/tubing due to a difference in water potential. Thus, it does not require oxygen.


Reverse osmosis occurs when?

a pressure greater than the osmotic pressure is applied in the opposite direction osmosis is occurring.


Why does salt is used in osmosis?

Salt is used in osmosis to create a concentration gradient that drives the movement of water molecules across a semi-permeable membrane. This helps regulate the flow of water in a biological system or can be used to separate substances through the process of reverse osmosis.


How does salt affect the process of osmosis?

Salt increases the osmotic pressure in a solution, which can slow down or even reverse the flow of water in osmosis. This happens because the salt ions compete with water molecules for transport through the semi-permeable membrane, leading to a decrease in osmotic flow.


The net flow of molecules from less concentrated to more concentrated solutions is?

Osmosis


Water spreading through a membrane with a change in cell size is an example of what?

Water molecules spreading through a membrane with a change in cell size is an example of osmosis. In osmosis fluid passes both in and out of the semipermeable membrane in osmosis, but usually there's a net flow in one direction.


Why osmosis increases with increase in temperature?

Osmosis increases with an increase in temperature because higher temperatures cause water molecules to move more rapidly, increasing the rate of diffusion across a semi-permeable membrane. This increased movement of water molecules leads to a greater net flow of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration, resulting in an increase in osmosis.


What allows water to flow to the roots of plants?

osmosis


Water molecules spreading through a membrane with a change in cell size is an example of what?

Water molecules spreading through a membrane with a change in cell size is an example of osmosis. In osmosis fluid passes both in and out of the semipermeable membrane in osmosis, but usually there's a net flow in one direction.