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What is osmosis?
What is osmosis?
- The movement of water molecules from a hypertonic solution to a hypotonic solution
- The movement of solute molecules from a hypertonic solution to a hypotonic solution
- The movement of water molecules from a hypotonic solution to a hypertonic solution (correct)
- The movement of solute molecules from a hypotonic solution to a hypertonic solution
What does an impermeable membrane do?
What does an impermeable membrane do?
- Prevents the passage of water molecules only
- Does not allow the passage of both solute and solvent molecules (correct)
- Allows passage of both solute and solvent molecules
- Allows the passage of solute molecules only
What does a permeable membrane do?
What does a permeable membrane do?
- Allows the passage of both solute and solvent molecules (correct)
- Does not allow the passage of both solute and solvent molecules
- Prevents the passage of water molecules only
- Allows the passage of solute molecules only
What is a semipermeable membrane?
What is a semipermeable membrane?
Which type of solution does osmosis involve the movement of water molecules from?
Which type of solution does osmosis involve the movement of water molecules from?
What does a permeable membrane allow the passage of?
What does a permeable membrane allow the passage of?
What does an impermeable membrane not allow the passage of?
What does an impermeable membrane not allow the passage of?
What type of membrane allows the passage of solvent and hardly any molecules of solute?
What type of membrane allows the passage of solvent and hardly any molecules of solute?
What is the movement of water molecules in osmosis?
What is the movement of water molecules in osmosis?
In what process are the types of membranes relevant?
In what process are the types of membranes relevant?