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Flashcards by Ayesha Mahmood, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ayesha Mahmood
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is the definition of Osmosis? | The net movement of water from a region where there is a high water potential to a region where there is a low water potential across a partially permeable membrane |
| What is a solute? | Any substance that dissolves in a solvent e.g. water |
| When a solute is dissolved in a solute, what does it create? | A solution |
| What are the units for water potential? | kPa |
| What is the water potential of pure water? | Zero |
| The addition of a solute will do what to the water potential? | Lower it |
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