The term applied when water passes through a selectively permeable membrane from an area of high to low concentration is called osmosis. Osmotic pressure is defined as the amount of external pressure that is required to stop the net movement of the solution across the semi permeable membrane. In terms of biology, osmosis has great importance as most of the membranes in our body are semi permeable. Permeability depends on several factors such as charge, solubility, solute size and chemistry. Osmosis is the process that provides the primary means through which water travels in and out of the cells.
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Both "depends upon the binding of that substance to a specific site on the membrane protein" and "depends upon movement of proteins from one side of the membrane to the other" are correct.
The saturation effect prevents statement 2 from being true.
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One of the most common evidences that a paramecium is maintaining homeostasis is the pumping of water from the vacuoles present in its body.
The paramecium is a protozoan that lives in aquatic environments, mainly those composed of fresh water. The problem with this environment is that water is able to enter the paramecium organism in large quantities and this can promote the disruption of the organism through lysis of the cell. In this case, homeostasis must act quickly and pump water out of the body, through the cell vacuole.
Homeostasis is a regulatory system of the organism, which must promote the balance of the organism, whenever any external or internal factor tries to harm this balance.
