Question

You fill a shallow pan with water and place a drop of red ink in one end of the pan and a drop of green ink in the other end. Which of the following is true at equilibrium? a. The red ink is uniformly distributed in one-half of the pan, and the green ink is uniformly distributed in the other half of the pan. b. The red and green inks are uniformly distributed throughout the pan. c. Each ink is moving down its concentration gradient. d. The concentration of each ink is higher at one end of the pan than at the other end.

Answer 1

Answer is (B)

Explanation:

• When we fill a shallow pan with water and place a drop of red ink in one end of the pan and a drop of green ink in the other end we see that the red nd green inks are uniformly distributed throughout the pan.

• This is due to the Diffusion of red ink and green ink in the water. Diffusion is the process where the movement of particles takes place from the region of higher concentrations to the region of lower concentartions.

• Until the concentration of substances is uniform throughout, this phenomena continues.