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Chapter 5 Diffusion and Osmosis. Diffusion – What is it? – Why does it occur? – What is misleading about the way the molecules are drawn in the equilibrium.

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1 Chapter 5 Diffusion and Osmosis

2 Diffusion – What is it? – Why does it occur? – What is misleading about the way the molecules are drawn in the equilibrium diagram?

3 Net diffusion Diffusion of two solutes Equilibrium © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Note that each substance diffuse down its own concentration gradient, unaffected by the concentration gradients of other substances.

4 H2OH2O Sugar molecule Lower concentration of solute (sugar) Higher concentration of solute © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Osmosis What is it? More similar concen- trations of solute Lost mass Gained mass

5 Figure 5.10b Selectively permeable membrane Osmosis Water molecules can pass through pores, but sugar molecules cannot. Water molecules cluster around sugar molecules. This side has fewer solute mol- ecules, more free water molecules. This side has more solute mol- ecules, fewer free water molecules. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

6 Water Balance of Cells Tonicity is the ability of a surrounding solution to cause a cell to gain or lose water. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc.

7 Water Balance of Cells net Isotonic solution: Solute concentration outside of the cell is the same as inside the cell; no net water movement across the plasma membrane. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Flaccid H2OH2O H2OH2O

8 Water Balance of Cells Hypertonic solution: Solute concentration outside of the cell is greater than that inside the cell; cell loses water. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Plasmolyzed H2OH2O

9 Water Balance of Cells Hypotonic solution: Solute concentration outside of the cell is less than that inside the cell; cell gains water. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Lysed H2OH2O Hypotonic Animal cell Turgid (normal) Cell wall H2OH2O Plant cell


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