Diffusion and Transpiration
This pathway introduces users to the concepts of diffusion and osmosis and the factors that affect how quickly diffusion and osmosis occur. The concept of water potential is also introduced and applied to transpiration.
Topics
- semipermeable membrane
- selectively permeable membrane
- hypotonic
- isotonic
- hypertonic
- tonic
- adhesion
- cohesion
- turgor pressure
- turgor
- solute potential
- water potential
- solute
- water
- spontaneous
- thermodynamics
- kinetics
- rate of diffusion
- rate
- gradient
- concentration gradient
- concentration
- equilibrium
- transpiration
- osmosis
- diffusion