Gurgaon

2022-23

Name: Grade VII _ Subject: Expedition (Excretory System) Osmosis Date:

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Learning Targets:
 I can explain how the process of Osmosis helps maintaining the amount of water in the body

Reader’s Purpose:
 What is Osmosis? Why it is important for human body?

UNDERSTANDING OSMOSIS
When two solutions, one containing more water, and another containing less water, are separated by a
membrane that has small holes, water moves from the solution which has more water to the solution that has
less water through the holes in the membrane. This process is called Osmosis.
The movement of water continues till both the solutions have the same amount of water.

Task: Study the experimental arrangement given above

1. How are the two solutions separated by the membrane different?

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2. In which direction does the water move through the membrane separating the two solutions? See the
rise in the level of the solution on one side.
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3. Why does the water move in this direction?

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Osmosis happens in the kidneys so that the water that was taken from the blood while removing wastes
from it can come back to the blood. In this way our body conserve water. Once the water and useful
substances are taken back from the filtrate in the nephron tube, what remains in the tube passes into the
ureter is Urine.

Task: In the images given on the right raisins placed in beakers of various concentrations. Observe the images
carefully and draw an arrow to show which way the water would move by Osmosis

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