IGCSE BIOLOGY RESOURCE: DIFFUSION AND OSMOSIS RECAP

IGCSE Biology Resource

DIFFUSION AND OSMOSIS RECAP

Answer the following questions about diffusion and osmosis to see what you can remember.

1. How would you know if a bottle of perfume broke at the back of the class?

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2. What is the process by which perfume molecules spread through the air? ___________________

3. What do the molecules move along in this process? ____________________________________

4. Do they move FROM an area of high concentration or TO an area of high concentration?

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5. Which type of particles move in the process of osmosis? ________________________________

6. Osmosis involves a partially permeable membrane – what does ‘partially permeable’ mean?

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7. What is the main difference between osmosis and the process described in the earlier
questions?

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8. What happens if a partially permeable membrane bag containing sugar solution is put into pure
water? ________________________________________________________________________

9. What effect does temperature have on the rate of diffusion and osmosis?

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10. What happens to your red blood cells if your body fluids become very concentrated?

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