Osmosud

Question 1

What’s osmosis

Answer 1

Osmosis is a special type of diffusion. It’s the diffusion of water through selectively permeable membranes. Water molecules are small enough to pass throyyy the bilayer. During osmosis water molecules go from the side with higher concentration to lower concentration

Question 2

What is a hypertonic solution

Answer 2

the fluid surrounding the cell has a higher solute concentration than the cytoplasm inside the cell. As a result water diffuses out of the cell by osmosis.

Question 3

What’s an isotonic solution

Answer 3

the concentration of solutes inside and outside the cell is the same, therefore no movement of water occurs.

Question 4

What’s a hypotonic solution

Answer 4

the solute concentration is higher inside the cell than outside, therefore water diffuses into the cell by osmosis.