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Osmosis occurs in both animal and plant cells across their semi-permeable membranes. In animal cells, water moves in and out through the plasma membrane to maintain osmotic balance, affecting cell shape and volume. In plant cells, osmosis primarily occurs in the vacuole, where water influx creates turgor pressure, helping to maintain structural integrity. Both cell types rely on osmosis to regulate their internal environments and ensure proper function.
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How do substances get into a plant or animal cell?
Osmosis and diffusion
What happens in a animal cell in pure water an why does this not happen in a plant cell?
It can possibly burst.
What does osmosis do to plant and animal cells in pure water?
Plant cells have a strong rigid cell wall on the outside of the cell membrane. This stops the cell bursting when it absorbs water by osmosis. The increase in pressure makes the cell rigid. This is useful as plants do not have a skeleton. Instead the leaves and shoots can be supported by the pressure of water in their cells. If plant cells lose too much water by osmosis they become less rigid and eventually the cell membrane shrinks away from the cell wall.
Why is osmosis important to cell function?
Osmosis is important to cell functions because it keeps the cell alive
What are the effects of osmosis on plant and animal tissues?
Osmosis causes water to move across a semi-permeable membrane from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration. In plant tissues, osmosis helps maintain turgor pressure, allowing the plant to remain upright. In animal tissues, osmosis is crucial for maintaining proper hydration levels and regulating cell volume. However, excessive osmosis can lead to cell damage or bursting.
What organelle in the plant cell is known as osmosis?
The vacuole is the organelle in a plant cell that is involved in osmosis. It helps maintain turgor pressure in the cell by regulating the movement of water molecules in and out of the cell through osmosis.
Where does respiration happen in a cell?
animal cell i think
What structure in a plant cell helps it from osmosis?
cell wall
What structure in a plant cell protects it from osmosis?
cell wall
How is animal cells different from plant cell?
well the animal is different from a plant cell because a plant cell have a cell wall, & chloroplast and the animal cell does not
What will happen if there is no cell wall in animal cell?
Animal doesn't have cell wall, they have only cell membrane. Cell wall is a rigid structure found in plant and some microbe.
Cells in a plant root drink water through the cell membrane. what process is going on?
Osmosis (endo-osmosis to take water inside plant cell)
