Osmosis is the diffusion of salt into and out of a cell?

Question

True or False

Answer 1

FALSE

This is a very funny question. In physiology OSMOSIS is defined as the downhill movement of water across a concentration gradient (from area of higher concentration to area of lower concentration). Using this premise it is very clear that the answer is false.

Note: The movement of water is dependent upon the concentration of solute.

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Answer 2

False.

Diffusion is the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration. Osmosis is simply the diffusion of water.

Salt into and out of a cell is diffusion, not osmosis.

Answer 3

False. Osmosis is the diffusion of water, not salt.

Answer 4

False. Osmosis is the diffusion of water not salt.