
This CO 2 is released into the atmosphere by expiration process. Reverse osmosis (RO) is a water purification process that removes ions, unwanted molecules and larger particles from drinking water using a partially permeable membrane. osmosis, the spontaneous passage or diffusion of water or other solvents through a semipermeable membrane (one that blocks the passage of dissolved substancesi.e., solutes).

There exists a pressure difference of O 2 and CO 2 between the alveoli and the blood in the capillary which makes CO 2 diffuse from capillary blood into alveoli. Gaseous exchange occurs between alveoli and the blood capillaries by a process of simple diffusion. Here potato acts as a semipermeable membrane.ī) Blood transports carbon dioxide in three different ways namely, in the dissolved state, in the form of bicarbonate and in the combined form with amine group of protein. Yam slice B is left without salt to serve as a control. A strong solution of salt is poured into A. A large cavity is drilled into the middle of each.
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Method: Two thick slices of yam A and B are obtained and their skin peeled off. After some hours, it is observed that level of sugar solution is increased due to entry of water into the potato. Aim: To demonstrate the process of osmosis using a living tissue e.g. *Sugar solution is present in the hollow cup in potato. *Peel a potato and scoop a part of potato at the centre to make a hollow cup. Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules (1 mark) from a region of high. If you keep your fingers in water for a long time, they become prunes. Explain the process of osmosis and give an example of where this occurs (5 marks).

When a plant cell is filled with water the guard cells swell up for the stomata to open and let out excess water. In normal osmotic processes, solvent flows across a semipermeable membrane from a dilute solution to a more concentrated solution until equilibrium is reached. Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane according to the concentration gradient of water across the membrane. The guard cells of a plant cell are affected by osmosis. This can be explained by an experiment called as potato osmoscope. The absorption of water by plant roots from the soil. Potato placed in water become firm and increase in size. This experiment directly explains the phenomenon of osmosis.Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from a region of lower concentration of solute to a region of higher concentration of solute through a semipermeable membrane. A) Experiment involving potato and sugar solution is called as potato osmoscope.
