Chapter 10: Diffusion and Osmosis

Osmosis Worksheet

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Osmosis in Cells

1. Animal Cells
 In concentrated solutions, water .................................. the cells.

 The cells ........................................ and shrivel up.

 In solutions of equal concentration to the cells , water .......................... and

leaves the cells at an .......................................... rate so they show no

.........................................

 The cell is said to be in

equilibrium with the solution.

 In dilute solutions, water

..................................... the cell.

 The cell ......................... and

bursts.
2. Plant Cells
 In dilute solutions, w........................ enters the cells and fills the cell

v...........................

 The vacuole swells and presses against the c................. w..................

 The cell wall does not s......................... so the cell becomes f____.

In concentrated solutions

water .............................. the

vacuole.

The vacuole

.................................... and pulls

the cytoplasm away from the

cell ............................

The cell collapses.

This is what causes plants to w............