Diffusion‚ Osmosis and Active Transport Substances will move through the membrane by diffusion. This is the random spreading out of particles until they are even. For example‚ when you put your instant coffee in boiling water‚ the coffee particles spread out and fill the entire mug‚ this is diffusion. A second way that substances can move through the cell membrane is by osmosis. This is a special type of diffusion where water moves from a high to a low concentration through a ’partially permeable
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Lipids and Phospholipids The main role of phospholipids is that they can form lipid bilayers. It is an amphipathic molecule. The head which is hydrophilic contains a group of phosphate‚ a diglyceride and a simple molecule e.g. choline. The tail is hydrophobic and is made up of fatty acids. Phospholipids receive and transmit signals across the cell membrane and act as a store room for energy. The main role of phospholipids is that they can form lipid bilayers. It is an amphipathic molecule. The
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M01_ZAO2177_01_SE_CH01.QXD 3/4/11 1:36 AM Page 13 R E V I E W S H E E T EXERCISE NAME_________________________________ LAB TIME/DATE ________________________ A C T I V I T Y 1 1 Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability Simulating Dialysis (Simple Diffusion) 1. Describe two variables that affect the rate of diffusion. ______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________
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faster? a. Add Na+Cl- to the beaker on the left. b. Add K+Cl- to the beaker on the left. c. Add ATP to the beaker on the left. d. None of these would cause it to happen faster. 10. True or False: If there are a sufficient large number of transport proteins present‚ glucose can be transported from a solution of lower concentration to a solution of higher concentration (i.e. up its concentration gradient.) 11. Explain one way in which facilitated diffusion is the same as simple diffusion;
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Experimental Laboratory Report: An investigation into the rate of osmosis Liana Gohery - 98332250 12/12/2014 Word count - ………3000……….. 1. Abstract This study was conducted to investigate the effect of concentration gradients on the rate of osmosis. Osmosis is the cellular transport of water‚ this study was conducted to show the significance of the rate at which this occurs. Dialysis bags were filled with three different concentrations of sucrose solutions and two with water. They were
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Introduction: There are two main types of passive transport; diffusion and filtration (Marieb 68). In this experiment the focus is the importance of diffusion‚ 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). Diffusion or osmosis occurs until dynamic equilibrium is reached‚ or has been reached
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study the cell transport mechanism via the cell’s selectively permeable membrane and passive processes of simple and facilitated diffusion. The plasma membrane is a gateway which allows nutrients to enter the cell and keep undesirable substances out‚ hence‚ making it selectively permeable. One method of transport is called active transport‚ which uses ATP to transport substances through the membrane. The other is called passive process‚ which does not require ATP energy and the transport process is
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Osmosis The purpose of this lab is to study how membranes of plant and animal cells react when exposed to different solutions. The first experiment involves purple onion skin and the second involves rat blood in various solutions. I needed to understand certain terms before preforming this lab to be able to efficiently explain what is happening to the cells. Diffusion is the tendency of a substance to move down its concentration gradient from a more concentrated to a less concentrated area.
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Formal Scientific Lab Report Osmosis Katy Hunter 10-26-2012 Abstract: The objectives of this lab was to be able to create models of cells with the dialysis tubing to show us how the plasma membrane is selectively permeable‚ to study the effects of osmosis on a model cell‚ and to foresee the effect of solute concentration on osmosis. In order to achieve these objectives‚ we had to fill the dialysis tubing with either water‚ or different amounts of sucrose. We then tied off the tubes and put
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Exercise 6: Cardiovascular Physiology: Activity 3: Examining the Effect of Temperature on Heart Rate Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 75% by answering 3 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. Organisms that usually maintain the same internal body temperature in spite of environmental temperature changes are You correctly answered: c. homeothermic. 2. The general name for the process that maintains the internal body temperature in humans is You correctly answered: a. homeostasis. 3. The
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