OSMOSIS and DIFFUSION

Exchange with the Environment

•Organisms are able to obtain energy and raw materials and get rid of waste•Why would that be important???

Molecules in solution tend to slowly spread apart over time. This is diffusion. Particles tend to

travel from being more crowded to less crowded.

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Diffusion

Diffusion• Movement of molecules from an area of high

concentration to an area of lower concentration. • Factors that affect the rate of diffusion: size of molecules,

size of pores in membrane, temperature, pressure, and concentration.

Diffusion

[High] [Low]

concentrated, high energy molecules

diffuse, low energy molecules

Diffusion will continue until equilibrium is reached. This means there will be an equal distribution of molecules throughout the space. This is why food coloring moves throughout a beaker of water; why odors smell strong at first and then disappear over time.

Equilibrium, a result of diffusion, shows the uniform distribution ofmolecules of different substances over time as indicated in the above diagram.

Examples of diffusion:•Perfume•Cooking food•Placing food color in water•Someone uses hand sanitizer

Osmosis• Osmosis is the movement of WATER across a

semi-permeable membrane• At first the concentration of solute is very high on

the left.• But over time, the water moves across the semi-

permeable membrane and dilutes the particles.

Examples of osmosis:•Washing dishes (what happens to your fingers?)•Gargling with salt water to help a swollen throat•Sprinkling slugs with salt water •At the grocery store they spray veggies with water to keep them fresh

Hypotonic – The solution on one side of a membrane where the solute concentration is less than on the other side. Hypotonic Solutions contain a low concentration of solute relative to another solution.

Hypertonic – The solution on one side of a membrane where the solute concentration is greater than on the other side. Hypertonic Solutions contain a high concentration of solute relative to another solution.

Over time molecules will move across the membrane until the concentration of solutes is equal on both sides. This type of solution is called ISOTONIC.

Real world application:•When someone who is dehydrated goes to the hospital, will they be given a hypotonic, hypertonic or isotonic solution?

Example of being out at sea?

Turgor Pressure builds in the cell and causes osmosis to stopbecause of the rigid cell wall.

Plants will wilt when cellslose water through osmosis.

Hypotonic Solution

HypertonicSolution

PLANT CELLS

ELODEA CELLSAs viewed under the microscope

PASSIVE TRANSPORTPassive transport is the movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell. Diffusion and osmosis are examples of passive transport. Passive transport allows cells to get water, oxygen and other small molecules that they need. It also allows the cell to get rid of waste such as carbon dioxide. DIFFUSION

OSMOSIS

Active transport•The process of transporting particles that requires the cell to use energy•Example: particles moving from low concentration to high concentration (intake of glucose in intestines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVsmtCgXtU0

Moving Large Particles•Endosytosis-The active-transport process by which a cell surrounds a large particle and encloses the particle in a vesicle.

•Exocytosis-The process in which a cell releases a particle by enclosing the particle in a vesicle that then moves to the cell surface and fuses with the cell membrane.

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