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Chapter 5, Problem 6U
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Introduction: The movement of materials across the biological membrane may occur either passively or actively. Simple diffusion, osmosis, and facilitated diffusion are the three major types of passive transport. Osmosis is defined as the movement of water or other solvents through a plasma membrane from a region of low concentration of solute to a region of high concentration of solute, tending to equalize the solutes concentration.
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Based on your observations of the bubble film, what do you think scientists mean when they say that the cell membrane is fluid?
Osmosis is water movement across a semipermeable membrane. Which of the following is true about water movement across cell membranes?
A. In a hypotonic solution, cells will swell.
B. In an isotonic solution, cells will shrink.
C. In a hypertonic solution, cells will stay the same.
D. Cells can neither shrink nor swell because water cannot penetrate the plasma membrane.
What is osmosis?
a.
the process where water diffuses across the cells' membrane from an area of lower water concentration to an area of higher water concentration
b.
Where a solute diffuses across the cell membrane from an area of higher to lower concentration
c.
the process where water diffuses across a cells' membrane to an equal concentration of water on both sides of the membrane
d.
The process where a solute diffuses into water through membranous sacks not using energy
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Ch. 5.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 5.1 - Explain the fluid mosaic model of membrane...Ch. 5.2 - List the different components of phospholipids.Ch. 5.2 - Prob. 2LOCh. 5.2 - Prob. 3LOCh. 5.3 - Illustrate the functions of membrane proteins.Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 5.3 - Prob. 3LOCh. 5.4 - Compare simple diffusion and facilitated...Ch. 5.4 - Prob. 2LO
Ch. 5.4 - Prob. 3LOCh. 5.5 - Prob. 1LOCh. 5.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 5.5 - Prob. 3LOCh. 5.6 - Distinguish between endocytosis and exocytosis.Ch. 5.6 - Illustrate how endocytosis can be specific.Ch. 5 - According to the fluid mosaic model, membranes are...Ch. 5 - Prob. 2IQCh. 5 - The fluid mosaic model of the membrane describes...Ch. 5 - What chemical property characterizes the interior...Ch. 5 - The transmembrane domain of an integral membrane...Ch. 5 - The specific function of a membrane within a cell...Ch. 5 - The movement of water across a membrane is...Ch. 5 - Prob. 6UCh. 5 - Which of the following is NOT a mechanism for...Ch. 5 - A bacterial cell that can alter the composition of...Ch. 5 - What variable(s) influence(s) whether a nonpolar...Ch. 5 - Which of the following does NOT contribute to the...Ch. 5 - How are active transport and coupled transport...Ch. 5 - A cell can use the process of facilitated...Ch. 5 - figure 5.5 describes a classic experiment...Ch. 5 - Each compartment of the endomembrane system of a...Ch. 5 - The distribution of lipids in the ER membrane is...
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