Introduction to Diffusion and Osmosis
This scrollable interactive introduces the concepts of diffusion, osmosis, and concentration gradient. It also discusses how to apply these concepts to a cell to explain the terms hypotonic, hypertonic, and isotonic.
Topics
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP Bio
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- passive transport
- diffusion
- osmosis
- concentration
- high concentration
- low concentration
- concentration gradient
- equilibrium
- random motion
- net movement
- tonicity
- hypertonic
- hypotonic
- isotonic
- red blood cell
- cell
- water molecules
- dye molecules
- selectively permeable membrane
- semipermeable membrane
- solute concentration
- gas molecules