Process of Diffusion

What does “high concentration area” mean?

• Spread out
• Tightly packed together
• Uncrowded
• Spacious

When particles move from areas of high concentration to areas less concentrated, this has taken place.

• diffusion
• mitosis
• endocytosis
• photosynthesis

What process occurs when WATER diffuses across a membrane?

• endocytosis
• mitosis
• osmosis
• nuclear fission 

Which diagram best shows the end result of diffusion?

• F
• G
• H
• J

Why is diffusion and osmosis important to cells?

• It allows them to take in materials without using energy.
• It allows them to reproduce.
• It allows them to absorb sunlight.
• It allows cells to use all energy.

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The picture  is an example of _________________.

• isotonic
• diffusion
• osmosis
• active transport

When both inside and outside of a cell have the same amount of water it is said that the cell has reached a state of ___________.

• osmosis
• equilibrium
• diffusion
• hypertonic

What does selectively-permeable mean?

• The cell controls what passes in and out of the cell
• Nothing gets through
• The cell lets only large substances through

Which way will the water molecules move during osmosis?

• Out of the cell, so the cell shrinks.
• Out of the cell, so the cell swells.
• Into the cell, so the cell shrinks.
• Into the cell, so the cell swells.

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Where is there a high concentration of bbq smoke?

• In the bbq pit
• In the house
• Two streets over
• In the atmosphere