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Showing posts with label partially permeable membrane. Show all posts

Monday, 12 January 2015

2d) Movement of substances into and out of cells



Cell membranes:

  • particles flow through the cell membrane from higher concentration to a lower concentration
  • there is an overall net movement 
  • substances move in and out by diffusion, osmosis and active transport 
Diffusion is the movement of particles (net) from a high concentration to a low concentration

Osmosis is the net movement of water molecules through a partially permeable membrane from a region of higher water conc. to a region of lower water conc

Active Transport is the movement of particles against a concentration 

 


Turgid is when water enters a plant cell and pushes on the cell causing the cell to swell opposite of flaccid 

things in bold, italics are for Paper Two