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    1.

    Diffusion can occur in any mixture, including one that includes a


    semipermeable membrane, while osmosis always occurs across a
    semipermeable membrane. One big difference between osmosis and diffusion
    is that both solvent and solute particles are free to move in diffusion, but when
    we talk about osmosis, only the solvent molecules (water molecules) cross
    the membrane. Both osmosis and diffusion equalize the concentration of two
    solutions. Both diffusion and osmosis are passive transport processes, which
    means they do not require any input of extra energy to occur. In both diffusion
    and osmosis, particles move from an area of higher concentration to one of
    lower concentration.
    2. Diffusion is important to cells because it allows them to gain the useful
    substances they require to obtain energy and grow, and lets them get rid of
    waste products.
    3.
    4. Animal cell: The pure water is separated from a concentrated solution by a
    partially permeable membrane. The concentrated solution is the cytoplasm
    and the partially permeable membrane is the cell membrane. Therefore,
    osmosis will occur. Water molecules will diffuse from the dilute solution into
    the concentrated solution. As more and more water enters the cell, it swells.
    The cell membrane has to stretch as the cell gets bigger and bigger, until
    eventually the strain is too much, and the cell bursts.
    Plant cell: the plant cell in pure water will take in water by osmosis through its
    partially permeable cell membrane. As the water goes in, the cytoplasm and
    vacuole will swell. The cytoplasm presses out against the cell wall, but the
    wall resists and presses back on the contents. A plant cell in this state is tight
    and firm. It is said to be turgid. The outward pressure of the cytoplasm on the
    cell wall is called turgor pressure.The plant cell will lose water by osmosis.
    The cytoplasm shrinks and stops pushing outwards on the cell wall. The cell
    becomes floppy, it is said to be flaccid. As the cytoplasm shrinks further and
    further into the center of the cell, the cell wall gets left behind. The cell
    membrane, surrounding the cytoplasm, tears away from the cell wall. A cell
    like this is said to be plasmolysed.
    5.
    ● It must be a low water concentration solution.
    ● If you place an animal or a plant cell in a hypertonic solution, the cell
    shrinks, because it loses water (water moves from a higher
    concentration inside the cell to a lower concentration outside)
    Plasmolysis is the process in which plant cells lose water in a
    hypertonic solution.

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