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Movement of substances in and out of cells Flashcards

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What are the three movements of substances in and out of cells?

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  • Diffusion
  • Osmosis
  • Active transport
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What is diffusion?

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The net movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration until a uniform concentration is achieved

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Why does diffusion happen in both liquids and gases but not solids?

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The particles in these substances are free to move randomly

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The bigger the different in concentration in diffusion….

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The faster the rate of diffusion

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What type of molecules can diffuse through cell membranes?

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Small molecules like glucose, amino acids, water and oxygen. Big molecules like starch and protein cant fit through!

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Particles in a cell membrane move from an area of…

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Higher concentration to an area of lower concentration

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If there are more particles on one side of the membrane…

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Theres a net movement from that side

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What is osmosis?

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The net movement of water molecules across a partially permeable membrane from a region of higher water concentration to an area of lower concentration until a uniform water concentration is achieved.

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Is osmosis a type of diffusion?

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Yes

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What is a partially permeable membrane?

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A membrane with lots of very small holes in it - stops big molecules flowing through

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Why can water molecules flow both ways through the membrane is osmosis?

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Because the water molecules move around randomly all the time

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If there is a net flow of water into a region with fewer water molecules in osmosis…

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That solution becomes more dilute as the water tries to even up the concentration on both sides

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What does the tissue fluid around our cells contain?

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Water, oxygen and glucose that is squeezed out of the blood capillaries to supply the cell with everything they need.

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Why is the concentration in a tissue fluid different to the fluid outside the cell?

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So water can move into the cell from the tissue fluid, or out of the cell by osmosis

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If a cell is short of water…

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It becomes concentrated - the solution outside is more dilute so water moves into the cell by osmosis

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If a cell has lots of water…

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The solution inside is more dilute - water is drawn out of the cell into the fluid outside by osmosis

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What are plants supported by?

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Turgid cells

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When a plant is well watered…

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The cells will draw water in by osmosis, and become plump and swollen (turgid)

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What is turgid pressure?

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The contents of the cell pushing against the cell wall supporting the plant tissue

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What happens to a plant if theres no water in the soil?

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The plant starts to wilt (droop) - the cells loose water therefore loose turgid pressure making them flaccid

21
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Why doesn’t a plant totally lose its shape when it becomes flaccid?

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The inelastic cell wall keeps things in position - it droops just a bit

22
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What are plants supported by?

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Turgid cells

23
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When a plant is well watered…

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The cells will draw water in by osmosis, and become plump and swollen (turgid)

24
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What is turgid pressure?

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The contents of the cell pushing against the cell wall supporting the plant tissue

25
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What happens to a plant if theres no water in the soil?

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The plant starts to wilt (droop) - the cells loose water therefore loose turgid pressure making them flaccid

26
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Why doesn’t a plant totally lose its shape when it becomes flaccid?

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The inelastic cell wall keeps things in position - it droops just a bit

27
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What can you use to investigate diffusion in a non-living system?

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Phenolphthalein - pH indicator. It is pink in alkaline solutions and colourless in acidic solutions and can be used with agar jelly

28
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What is the method in the experiment for using the agar jelly?

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  • Make up agar jelly with phenolphthalein and dilute sodium hydroxide - jelly turns pink.
  • Fill a beaker up with some dilute hydrochloric acid and cut out cubes using a scalpel.
  • Put them into beaker of acid
29
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What happens if you leave the agar cubes in the water for a while?

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They eventually turn colourless as the acid diffuses into the agar jelly and neutralises the sodium hydroxide

30
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How can you investigate the rate of diffusion with the agar jelly?

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Change size of cubes - largest SA:VR will lose colour the quickest

31
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How can you investigate osmosis in a living system?

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Use potato cylinders

32
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What is the method for using potato cylinders to investigate osmosis?

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  • Cut potatoes into equal cylinders
  • Get two beakers: one should be very concentrated sugar solution and the other pure water
  • Measure length of cylinders then leave for half an hour/an hour
  • Measure length after time and compare the start and end results
33
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If the cylinders have drawn water in by osmosis…

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They should be a bit longer

34
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If the cylinders have drawn water out…

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They should have drunk a bit

35
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How can you investigate osmosis in a non-living system?

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Use visking tube

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What is the method for the visking tube investigating osmosis?

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  • Tie one end of the visking tube and in the other put a glass tube in it
  • Pour sugar solution down tube
  • Put visking tube in pure water - measure where sugar solution comes up to on the glass tube
  • Leave tube overnight and measure where liquid is on glass tube
37
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Water should be drawn into the visking tube…

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By osmosis - it will force liquid up the glass tube

38
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What does the visking tube act as?

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A partially permeable membrane

39
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What is active transport?

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The movement of particles against a concentration gradient from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration using energy released during respiration

40
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Give an example of when active transport is used in the body

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In our digestive system - there is a low concentration of nutrients in the gut but a high concentration of nutrients in the blood

41
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If the concentration gradient is wrong…

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Nutrients go the other way - if they follow the rules of diffusion

42
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What does active transport allow?

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For all the nutrients to be taken in by the blood, despite the concentration gradient being the wrong way. It is essential to stop us from starving

43
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How do plants use active transport?

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They get minerals from the soil (lower concentration) into the root hair cells (higher concentration)

44
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What three main factors affect the movement of substances?

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  • SA:VR
  • Temperature
  • Concentration gradient
45
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Is the rate of diffusion in diffusion, osmosis and active transport higher or lower in cells with a larger SA:VR?

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Higher

46
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Does a smaller cube have a larger or smaller SA:VR? And does it affect the rate of movement?

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Larger SA:VR meaning that substances move in and out the cube faster

47
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As temperature increases…

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Substances move in and out of cells faster because they get warmer so have more energy and move faster

48
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If there is a big difference in concentration gradient…

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Substances move in and out faster between the inside and outside of the cell.

49
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Does a big difference in concentration gradient affect active transport?

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No becuase active transport is against its concentration gradient

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