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This document provides examples of diffusion and osmosis and asks students to identify which process is occurring in each example. It also includes diagrams of experimental set ups and asks students to observe and explain the results. Diffusion is defined as the movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to lower concentration. Osmosis is defined as the diffusion of water molecules through a semi-permeable membrane from an area of higher water potential to lower water potential.

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Diffusion and Osmosis: Date

This document provides examples of diffusion and osmosis and asks students to identify which process is occurring in each example. It also includes diagrams of experimental set ups and asks students to observe and explain the results. Diffusion is defined as the movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to lower concentration. Osmosis is defined as the diffusion of water molecules through a semi-permeable membrane from an area of higher water potential to lower water potential.

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Diffusion and Osmosis

Name : _________________________ (

Date : _______________

Class : ____________

How are the molecules moving in the examples below (1-9)?


Fill in the blanks with OSMOSIS or DIFFUSION.
1. The student sitting next to you just came from gym class and forgot to shower
and you can tell.
_____________
2. The girl sitting two rows ahead of you put on too much perfume this morning.

_____________
3. Yum! Something smells good. The neighbours are cooking on the grill!

_____________
4. Oxygen molecules move from the air sacs in the lungs across the cell
membranes into the blood.
_____________

5. Robert sprays water on the veggies in the produce section to fatten them up.
_____________

6. You put raisins in a glass of water and they swell up.

_____________

7. For each of the situations below use an arrow () to indicate the movement water
molecules into or out of the cell.

1% sugar

3% sugar

1% sugar

5% sugar

1% sugar

1% sugar

8. Use arrows to indicate the direction of diffusion in each case:


is a molecule
that can pass through the cell membrane.
is a cell membrane.
A)

B)

9. An experiment was set up as shown and left for 15 minutes. (Note: Iodine reacts
with starch to give a dark blue colour)

glass tubing
liquid level at the start
of the experiment

Visking tubing
attached to glass
tubing

Visking tubing
sealed at the end

Starch solution

Water coloured with


iodine

(a) What do you observe at the end of the experiment?

[1]

(b) Give an explanation for these observations.

[4]

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