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solong [7]
3 years ago
9

Why is osmosis important to the survival of a cell?

Biology
2 answers:
Zielflug [23.3K]3 years ago
7 0

What did you include in your response?

  • For a cell to survive, ion concentrations inside and outside the cell need to be the same.
  • If extra ions are not pumped out of the cell, water can enter the cell, causing it to swell and burst.
Scrat [10]3 years ago
4 0

Osmosis is important to the survival of a cell to maintain turgidity of the cell.

Further Explanation:

Passive transport refers to the movement of the ions or other molecules across the membrane without any input of the energy. Passive transport can be of 3 types:

  • Simple diffusion
  • Facilitated diffusion
  • Osmosis

Osmosis refers to the spontaneous movement of the solvent particles via a semi-permeable membrane from a lower to the higher region of concentration, in the direction which tends to maintain equilibrium onto both sides.  

For a cell to survive, the ion concentrations outside and inside the cell should be same. Also, the water content is limited because higher concentration of water can burst and swell the cell. Osmosis is crucial in the biological systems as the membranes are semi permeable. Also, focus on maintaining the equilibrium on both sides and prevent bursting of the cell.

These are the type of solutions:

  • Isotonic solution: In this, the concentration of solute is equal to the concentration of the solvent.
  • Hypertonic solution: In this, the concentration of solute is higher than the solvent.
  • Hypotonic solution: In this, the concentration of solute is lower than the solvent.

Learn more:

  • Learn more about cellular respiration <u>brainly.com/question/543244</u>
  • Learn more about diffusion <u>brainly.com/question/1386629 </u>
  • Learn more about phospholipid bilayer <u>brainly.com/question/751529 </u>

Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Subject: Biology

Chapter: Membrane transport

Keywords:

Osmosis, passive diffusion, ion, concentration, equilibrium, semi-permeable, water, burst, swell, movement, higher, lower, solvent, solute.

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