Osmosis. Review osmosis in your text. A solution is a homogeneous mixture in which a
substance, the solute, is dissolved in a fluid, the solvent. The particles of the solute are of
molecular or ionic size within the solution. In general, substances tend to move from areas of
higher concentration to areas of lower concentration, a process called diffusion. Membranes will
often limit diffusion, because they allow only certain substances to cross, thus they are
selectively permeable. Water tends to move from areas of low solute concentration to areas of
high solute concentration. 1. If you place aqueous solutions on either side of a membrane with
solutes that cannot pass through the membrane, the diffusion of water, or will occur. a. A cell
placed in a solution higher in solutes, a(n) solution, will shrink. b. A cell placed in a solution
lower in solutes, a(n) solution, will swell. c. A cell placed in a solution with the same
concentration of solutes, a ( n ) . solution, will neither shrink nor swell. 2. What would happen to
a blood cell if it were placed in distilled water? 3. Plant cells have structures external to the
plasma membrane, called the which limit the amount of water that can diffuse into the cell by
osmosis. a. In hypotonic solutions, plants will become firm due to pressure. b. In hypertonic
solutions, plants will wilt due to the plasma membrane pulling away from the cell wall, a process
called.
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1. Osmosis. Review osmosis in your text. A solution is a homogeneous mixture in which a
substance, the solute, is dissolved in a fluid, the solvent. The particles of the solute are of
molecular or ionic size within the solution. In general, substances tend to move from areas of
higher concentration to areas of lower concentration, a process called diffusion. Membranes will
often limit diffusion, because they allow only certain substances to cross, thus they are
selectively permeable. Water tends to move from areas of low solute concentration to areas of
high solute concentration. 1. If you place aqueous solutions on either side of a membrane with
solutes that cannot pass through the membrane, the diffusion of water, or will occur. a. A cell
placed in a solution higher in solutes, a(n) solution, will shrink. b. A cell placed in a solution
lower in solutes, a(n) solution, will swell. c. A cell placed in a solution with the same
concentration of solutes, a ( n ) . solution, will neither shrink nor swell. 2. What would happen to
a blood cell if it were placed in distilled water? 3. Plant cells have structures external to the
plasma membrane, called the which limit the amount of water that can diffuse into the cell by
osmosis. a. In hypotonic solutions, plants will become firm due to pressure. b. In hypertonic
solutions, plants will wilt due to the plasma membrane pulling away from the cell wall, a process
called
