Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5.3, Problem 2CC
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The direction in which water will move if the concentration of the solute inside the cells is 0.3 M and outside the cell is 0.2 M.
Introduction:
Solute concentration is defined as the number of osmoles of solutes dissolved in one liter of the solvent. The measure of solute concentration is known as osmolarity. Whereas, osmotic pressure is the pressure created by the flow of solution across a semipermeable membrane.
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Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 5.3 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 5.4 - Prob. 1CCCh. 5.4 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 5.4 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 5.5 - Prob. 1BCCh. 5.5 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 5.6 - Prob. 1CCCh. 5.6 - A form of endocytosis that involves the formation...Ch. 5.7 - Prob. 1CCCh. 5.7 - Prob. 2CCCh. 5.7 - Prob. 1BCCh. 5.7 - Anchoring junctions that adhere adjacent animal...Ch. 5 - Which of the following statements best describes...Ch. 5 - Which of the following events in a biological...Ch. 5 - Prob. 3TYCh. 5 - Carbohydrates of the plasma membrane are bonded to...Ch. 5 - Which of the following movements would not be an...Ch. 5 - Prob. 6TYCh. 5 - Prob. 7TYCh. 5 - What features of a membrane are a major...Ch. 5 - Prob. 9TYCh. 5 - Large particles can be brought into the cell by...Ch. 5 - With your textbook closed, draw and describe the...Ch. 5 - Describe two different ways that integral membrane...Ch. 5 - A principle of biology is that living organisms...Ch. 5 - Prob. 1CBQCh. 5 - With regard to bringing solutes into the cell...
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