Exercise 1: Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability: Activity 3: Simulating Osmotic Pressure Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 75% by answering 3 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. Which of the following is true of osmosis? You correctly answered: c. It is a type of diffusion. 2. Which of the following occurs when a hypertonic solution is added to cells? You correctly answered: d. The cells shrink. 3. The variable that affects osmotic pressure is You correctly answered: a. the concentration
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water trying to enter the seed‚ therefore creating a blockage and will become inactive or germinate slowly (cocoponics‚ 2011). Unlike diffusion‚ the mixing of solute particles with water‚ Osmosis is water mixing with solute particles to pass through the cell wall and provide nutrients to the cell. Since osmosis is a type of diffusion that only involves water moving through the permeable membrane‚ salinity affects seed germination through osmotic effects (Bliss et al.‚ 1986). When NaCl is present
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Diffusion and Osmosis Through Dialysis tubing We did this experiment to test the diffusion of different substances through dialysis tubing. We used what we knew about diffusion to make predictions on what we thought the mass of the dialysis tubing to be after submerging them for 30 mins and we knew that diffuse occurs from highest concentration to lowest concentration. Since the dialysis tubings are filled with different substances than what they are being put into then they should all gain
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mM/min 5) Which of the following is NOT a passive process? 5) _______ A) osmosis B) facilitated diffusion C) vesicular transport D) filtration 6) In this activity‚ the solutes were transported through the dialysis membrane by _______. 6) _______ A) simple diffusion B) osmosis C) active transport D) facilitated diffusion 7) The sodium-potassium pump can
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Osmosis is a specialised form of diffusion. Water moves from an area of LOW concentration of Solute to an area of HIGH concentration of solute through a semi-or fully permeable membrane by the process. Water moves constantly through the cell ’s membrane its estimated that about 250 times the volume of a single cell moves through 1 per second This continues until the solute concentration reaches equilibrium It is convenient to express the available energy per unit volume in terms of "osmotic
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Physioex 9.0 Review Sheet Exercise 1 Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability Name __Christopher Scott_ Lab Time/Date ___1/15/2014 Activity 1 Simulating Dialysis (Simple Diffusion) 1. Describe two variables that affect the rate of diffusion. ___ Two variables that affect rate of diffusion are molecule size and plasma membrane composition. A larger molecule will diffuse more slowly than a smaller molecule. The lipid content of the plasma membrane determines permeability of certain molecules. A
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Exercise 1: Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability Worksheet Student Name: Student ID# Student instructions: Follow the step-by-step instructions for this exercise found in your lab manual and record your answers in the spaces below. Submit this completed document by the assignment due date found in the Syllabus. Rename this document to include your first and last name prior to submitting‚ e.g. Exercise1_JohnSmith.doc. Please make sure that your answers are typed in RED. Grading:
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and Isotonic Solutions Affect the Water Movement of a Cell? Purpose: The purpose of this activity is to teach students about osmosis and the effects of hypotonic‚ hypertonic‚ and isotonic solutions on animal cells. This lab is designed for high school biology students but may be adapted for middle school students. Objectives: The students will be able to describe osmosis and differentiate between the effects of hypotonic‚ hypertonic‚ and isotonic solutions on animal cells and determine the equilibrium
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Activity 1: Simple diffusion Introduction: Simple diffusion is the net movement of substances from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration so its overall net movement is along the concentration gradient‚ simple diffusion does not require energy therefore it is ’passive’‚ substances are diffused across the membrane between the phospholipids. Materials and methods: * 20 mwco dialysis membrane * 50 mwco dialysis membrane * 100 mwco dialysis membrane * 200 mwco
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PHYSIO EX 1 Simulating Dialysis (Simple Diffusion) 1. Describe two variables that affect the rate of diffusion. The temperature of the solutions and the difference in concentration of the ion or molecule between the sides of the membrane 2. Why do you think the urea was not able to diffuse through the 20 MWCO membrane? How well did the results compare with your prediction? Since the chemical formula for urea is (NH2)2CO and its molecular weight is about 60. It will not diffuse through the
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