Hey, i'm still confused about how diffusion, osmosis and pH affect the cell. Please describe in detail otherwise I won't understand, thanks! Hope you can help!
DIFFUSION is just the PROCESS by which materials move from HIGH concentration to LOW concentration. Any particles (gas, liquid, etc.) can diffuse.
OSMOSIS is a specific case of diffusion when WATER moves from HI to LOW concentration through a membrane. Osmosis is what results in PLASMOLYSIS or CYTOLYSIS.
pH basically is the measurement of how acidic something is. Cells can live at very specific pHs because all of the enzymes that function in a cell MUST function at SPECIFIC pH's.
Wow... that's a lot.
ReplyDeleteDIFFUSION is just the PROCESS by which materials move from HIGH concentration to LOW concentration. Any particles (gas, liquid, etc.) can diffuse.
ReplyDeleteOSMOSIS is a specific case of diffusion when WATER moves from HI to LOW concentration through a membrane. Osmosis is what results in PLASMOLYSIS or CYTOLYSIS.
pH basically is the measurement of how acidic something is. Cells can live at very specific pHs because all of the enzymes that function in a cell MUST function at SPECIFIC pH's.
Hope that helps.