Movement through cell membranes

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Cell membranes are

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Semi permeable

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Diffusion

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The movement of substances from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

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Diffusion takes place along a

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Concentration gradient

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Example of diffusion in plants

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Carbon dioxide diffusion into a leaf and oxygen diffusion out of a leaf through the stomata

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Example of diffusion in humans

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Oxygen diffusion from the alveoli of the lungs into the blood and carbon dioxide diffusing out of the blood into the alveoli

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Osmosis

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The diffusion of water molecules across a semi-permeable membrane from a region of high water concentration to a region of low water concentration

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Does osmosis require energy

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No it’s passive

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Does diffusion require energy

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No it’s a passive process

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Osmosis is a

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Special type of diffusion

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Solvent

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A liquid that dissolves other substances eg. water

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Solute

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A substance that has been dissolved eg. Salt dissolved in water

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Solution

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The mixture of solvent and the solute eg. Salty water

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Salty water

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Solution

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Water

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Solvent

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Salt

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Solute

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Animal cell membranes are …

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Semi permeable

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Water can move in and out of cell by osmosis depending on

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The water concentration in the cell compare to its external environment

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If a cell is surrounded by a solution with a higher water concentration
And what will happen

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Water will move into the cell by osmosis and it will swell up

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If a cell is surrounded by a solution with the same water content concentration

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Osmosis will not occur

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If a cell is surrounded by a solution with lower concentration of water

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Water will pass out of the cell by osmosis and the cell will shrink

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Plant cell membrane

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Semi-permeable

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Cell wall is

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Fully permeable

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Turgid or turgid pressure

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The pressure of the cytoplasm and vacuole against the cell wall of a plant

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If an plant cell is surrounded by a solution with a higher water concentration (long

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Water will pass out of the cell by osmosis
Cytoplasm and vacuole swell and push out on cell wall
Wall becomes stretched and rigid
Cell is very firm -turgid

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What is turgid important for

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Gives support in plants

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By doesn’t a plant cell burst instead of becoming turgid

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It’s cell wall prevents that

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Plasmolysis

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The shrinkage or the cell content due to loss of water by osmosis

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If a plant cell is surrounded by a solution of the same water content

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Osmosis will not occur

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If a plant cell is surrounded by a solution with a lower water concentration (long)

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Water will move out of the cell by osmosis
Vacuole shrinks
Membrane comes away from cell wall
Cell is plasmolysed and flaccid

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How is plasmolysis reversible

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Placing the plant in water as water will enter the cells by osmosis

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What happens to a plasmolised plant?

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It wilts

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How is food preservation osmosis

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Food soaked in salty solutions (or sugar)
Water out of microorganisms cells into food
Cells become plasmolised
Prevents their growth

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2 plant examples of osmosis

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Absorption of water by plant root epidermal cells

Absorption of water by germinating seeds

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2 animal examples of osmosis

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Absorption of water in the intestine

Re absorbtion of water in the kidney tubule (nephron)

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Osmoregulation

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The maintenance of water and sat balance in body fluids

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Human osmoregulation example

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Kidneys ate osmoregulation you organs

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Non human example of osmoregulation

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In amoeba the contractile vacuoles regulate the water balance

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Phagocytosis

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The process by which large particles are engulfed (eaten) by the cell and become incorporated into a vacuole within the cell

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Example of phagocytosis

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Feeding in amoeba by pseudopods

Food into food vacuole

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Active transport

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The movement of a substance from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration

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How is active transport different to diffusion (2)

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Against a concentration gradient.

Requires energy.

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Where does the energy for active transport come from

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In the form of ATP generated inside the mitochondria

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Example of active transport in plants

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Absorption of minerals eg.magnesium by root epidermal cells

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Example of active transport in animals

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Reabsorption of saltine the nephron of the kidneys

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How do plant cells remain turgid fora considerable period of time

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Keep absorbing water

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Water enters the outermost cells of the root by diffusion, what does this tell you about the cell shape of these cells?

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Lower water concentration than soil

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Why is osmosis a special type of diffusion

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Still movement of substance from high concentration to low concentration - just specific to water