BRAINCAKEOsmosis in Plant Cells
Plant cells contain various solutes in the cytoplasm.
Some of the solutes are dissolved in the large central vacuole.
Some plant cells are normally in a medium of almost pure water.
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Key terms in this lesson
- osmosis
- The net movement of water molecules from a region of higher water potential to a region of lower water potential through a selectively permeable membrane.
- water potential
- A measure of the tendency of water molecules to move out of a solution; pure water has a water potential of zero and adding solute lowers it.
More in Plasma Membrane
- Solvents
- Diffusion
- Diffusion Across Membranes
- Facilitated Diffusion
- Active Transport
- Bulk Transport
- Osmosis
- Osmosis in Animal Cells
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