Demonstration of Osmosis

Question 1

OSMOSIS is the movement of a _____ through a _____ from a LESS concentrated solution to a more concentrated one

Answer 1

SOLVENT

SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE

Question 2

Best example of solvent

Best example of semipermeable membrane

Answer 2

Water

Living tissue

Question 3

Osmosis assists plants in ____

It ____ fruit and meat

Used in ____

Osmosis can be reversed to remove ___ and ____ from water

Answer 3

receiving water

preserves

kidney dialysis

salt

other impurities

Question 4

The net movement of water into or out of the cell is driven by differences in OSMOTIC PRESSURES between the ____ and the ____.

Answer 4

extracellular fluid

intracellular fluid

Question 5

the capability of a solution to modify the volume of cells by altering their water content

Answer 5

tonicity

Question 6

equal solute concentration exists inside and outside the cell

Answer 6

ISOtonic

Question 7

the environment has a lower concentration of solute than in the inside of the cell, making the net flow of water into the cell

Answer 7

HYPOtonic

Question 8

environment has a higher concentration of solutes than inside the animal or plant cell making the net flow of water out of the cell

Answer 8

HYPERtonic

Question 9

The difference in concentration of solutes in the two regions (inside and out of the cell)is called a ____.

Answer 9

concentration gradient