that the molecules move across the cell membrane is that the carbon dioxide molecules spread out rapidly out your red blood cells down their concentration gradient to your lungs. When water molecules move freely through your cell membrane is called osmosis as we learned last unit. The reason why molecules move across the cell membrane is because they are small molecules that have no charge like oxygen which the cell membrane need to survive. So basically the molecules that move across the cell membrane
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doable. The five methods are coagulation‚ carbon filtering‚ reverse osmosis‚ ground coffee filtering‚ and distillation. Coagulation was done by using a flocculant (aluminum sulfate) that clump small‚ destabilized particles together so that it could be easy separated from the water. Carbon filtering is a common way of removing impurities from water. At industrial strength‚ it is very effective at removing lead from water. Reverse osmosis is achieved by applying pressure to the lead nitrate
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1. a. List four cell structures that were common to both plant and animal cells. (4 points) b. What structures were unique to plant cells? (2 points) c. What structures were unique to animal cells? (2 points)--Answer below: a. 1. Rough ER 2. Smooth ER 3. Golgi Apparatus 4. Nucleus b. 1. Chloroplast 2. Cell walls 3. Vacuole c.
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secretion‚ osmosis‚ and faulty water reabsorption. Two of three etiologies of diarrhea occur mainly in the small intestine: active secretion and osmosis. Active secretion pertains to bacterial invasions such as Vibrio cholerae‚ toxins‚ irritants‚ and excess bile and fat. According to Dr. Bharucha‚ diarrhea that’s caused by food poising is because “most enterotoxins block Na+-H+ exchange‚ which is an important driving force for fluid absorption in the small bowel and colon” (Bharucha‚ 2007). Osmosis is the
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Question: investigate the water potential of potato tissue? Introduction All cells require essential materials to ensure their survival. Chemical‚ physical‚ and biological processes are used to move these materials inside of cells. Similar processes move waste materials outside of cells. These processes can be passive‚ occurring as a result of basic physical laws and requiring no outside energy from the cell or they can be active‚ requiring energy expenditure. Since all molecules possess kinetic
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saline feedwater liquid can be divided into five classifications: distillation‚ membrane‚ humidification‚ freezing‚ and chemical . 2 The two main desalination processes used today are the desalination by distillation and the desalination by reverse osmosis. Within each method of desalination there are several other processes involved. Distillation processes are the most commonly used methods of desalination as well as some of the oldest methods.1 In 1869‚ the British Government built the first steam
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What is osmosis? Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules through a semi permeable membrane. Why is it important? It is important to know what Osmosis is‚ and to understand it so that we understand what we are measuring‚ and so that we can use this understanding to apply to other situations so that we can gain further knowledge. We can also use this understanding to analyse our results. What we will do: We will put potato pieces of similar sizes in to test tubes of different concentrations
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classified as a means of passive transport. In simple diffusion‚ a hydrophobic molecule can move into the hydrophobic region of the membrane without getting rejected. Simple diffusion does not involve a protein. An example of simple diffusion is osmosis. Hydrophilic molecules cannot participate in simple diffusion because they would move into the hydrophobic region of the membrane and be rejected. Facilitated diffusion is a type of passive transport that is dependent on single transport protein
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Egg-speriment Write-up Part 1- Purpose: Why did we do the experiment? The purpose of this experiment was to understand how osmosis works and that the cell membrane is selectively permeable. Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane. Many cells cannot function without adequate water‚ so cells depend on osmosis. When a cell is selectively permeable‚ it means some substances can pass through while others can’t. Many examples of these were shown throughout
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Water is one of the most important molecules necessary to life. humans‚ for example‚ are made up of 70% water. Osmosis is a form of intracellular transport which is important in maintaining a correct balance of ions and substances between the blood and the inside of cells‚ for example. If the oncentration of an ion is too high outside a cell‚ water will br pulled out of the cell by osmosis in order to increase the water potential and thus retore balance. This is the case in ORT (oral rehydration therapy)
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