Osmosis/ Osmolarity

principles of transport

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Osmosis is a movement of ____ (H2O) when ___ movement prevented.

solvent, solute

Osmosis is (movement of___________.)

H2O from high to low H2O concentration

Osmotic pressure is generated from_____resulting from___.

differences in Water concentration, different particle concentrations

There's pressure on the membrane when___.

water's moving down gradient

In osmolarity________=how many particles (usually ions) a molecule will produce when it splits when dissolved in water.

The effective particle concentration

Different types of molecules have diff. ____.

osmolarities

Freshwater fish have very different osmotic problems than marine fish due to______.

different osmotic environments