14. Solutions

Which term refers to the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane?

How do osmosis and diffusion differ in terms of the movement of molecules?

How is osmosis different from diffusion?

Which of the following statements about osmosis is correct?

How are diffusion and osmosis different?

Elodea cells are placed in a hypertonic solution relative to their cytoplasm. Which outcome best describes what happens due to osmosis?

Which of the following factors will not speed up the net rate of diffusion for glucose into a cell?

What is the process of osmosis?

Which of the following organisms would lose the most water by osmosis across its gills when placed in a hypertonic environment?

In osmosis, which direction does water move across a semipermeable membrane?

Elodea leaf cells are placed in a hypotonic solution relative to their cytoplasm. Which outcome is most consistent with osmosis in plant cells?

A dialysis tubing bag containing a 0.5 M sucrose solution is placed in each of the following beakers. In which beaker will osmosis cause the bag to expand?

Osmosis is the diffusion of what substance across a semipermeable membrane?

In the plasma, the quantity of oxygen in solution is:

In which type of solution is the concentration of solutes the same inside and outside of the cell?