the process by which organisms balance water‚ or solvent‚ concentrations with salt‚ or solute‚ concentrations in tissues and cells (Campbell). Organisms must perform this process of regulation because of the “Fick’s Law of Diffusion”‚ also called osmosis‚ which states that‚ “The flow of solvent from a solution of lower solute concentration to one of higher solute concentration” will occur. This means that in an organism water will cross a semi-permeable layer‚ tissues in cell walls in this case‚ from
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one result of this molecular movement. Diffusion is the random movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration. Osmosis is a special kind of diffusion where water moves through a selectively permeable membrane (a membrane that only allows certain molecules to diffuse though). Diffusion or osmosis occurs until dynamic equilibrium has been reached. This is the point where the concentrations in both areas are equal and no net movement will occur from one
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you be able to observe any diffusion? NO there is no diffusion taking place 5. Does being unable to observe diffusion necessarily mean that diffusion is not taking place? yes you should be able to tell when equilibrium is reached Osmosis Activity 4: Osmosis 1. Did you observe any pressure changes during the experiment? If so‚ in which beaker(s)‚ and with which membranes? Yes in the left beaker at the membrane 20 2. Why? 3. Did the Na+/Cl- diffuse from the left beaker to the right
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Experiment 5 Title: Membrane Permeability Objectives: 1. Define solvent‚ solute‚ solution‚ selectively permeable‚ diffusion‚ osmosis‚ concentration gradient‚ equilibrium‚ turgid‚ plasmolyzed‚ plasmolysis‚ turgor pressure‚ tonicity‚ hypertonic‚ isotonic‚ hypotonic; 2. Describe the effects of hypertonic‚ isotonic‚ and hypotonic solutions on Elodea leaf cells and onion scale leafs. Introduction: Membrane permeability is a quality of a cell’s plasma membrane that allows substances to pass in
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ACTIVITY ONE- Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability: Simulating Dialysis (Simple Diffusion) 1. Describe two variables that affect the rate of diffusion. Molecular weight affects the rate of diffusion because the bigger the size of the molecule the longer it will take to diffuse. Membrane size is another variable that affects the rate of diffusion because if the membrane’s pores are small it will take molecules longer to diffuse though it than if the pores were larger. Also‚ membrane thickness
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Investigating the water potential of a potato Aim Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from a region of high water concentration to a low water concentration through a semi-permeable membrane. Our aim is to investigate the water potential of a potato through osmosis‚ by finding the difference in weight before and after the potato has been set in a solution of water‚ sugar or salt. Trial Method Firstly we collected the equipment. This included a scalpel‚ potato cutter‚ and test tubes. Then
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molecules Polar molecules Ions Match each organism with the strategy it uses to maintain osmotic balance. Oak tree Surround the cells with a rigid wall that can withstand the pressure that builds up inside the cells dues to the inflow of water by osmosis. Paramecium Use contractile vacuoles to actively pump water out of the cells. Humans Surround the cells with an isotonic extracellular fluid. If 2 solutions have unequal concentrations of solutes‚ the solution with the higher solute concentration
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(NaCl) concentrations of 0.1M‚ 0.2M‚ 0.3M‚ 0.4M‚ 0.5M‚ 0.6M. Hypothesis: When the water concentration of a solution outside the cell is lower than the concentration inside the cell‚ water will move from the inside to the outside of the cell due to osmosis. As we increase the concentration of the NaCl solutions we have used (0.1M to 0.6M)‚ more moles of NaCl are dissolved in the solution. Thus‚ the solutions increases in solute concentration but decreases in water concentration. We can therefore assume;
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P. M.‚ Pardo‚ J. M. (1995) Ion Homeostasis in NaCl Stress Environments. Plant Physiol. 109‚ 735-742 Volkmar‚ K.M.‚ Hu‚ Y.‚ Steppuhn‚ H. (1998) Physiological responses of plants to salinity: A review. Can. J. Plant Sci. 78‚ 19-27. Wikipedia (2006) Osmosis. Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia. [excess on 25 of April 2006] Wikipedia (2006) Polyol. Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia. [excess on 25 of April 2006]
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Diffusion is the movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. Because of the selective permeability of the membrane only water and other very small particles (iodine) can be diffused through simple diffusion. The solution out of the dialysis tubing had a higher distelled iodine concentration of solutes (iodine + H2O) than did the starch solution. So iodine move into the cell and react with starch molecules to formed starchiodine‚ the blue compound
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