Question

Demonstrate the process of osmosis with dried raisins or apricots. Answer

Answer 1

Osmosis is seen in dried resins when dipped in water these resins become swell due to water enters into them

Answer 2

Osmosis is the movement of water from it's higher concentration to it's lower concentration through a semi-permeable membrane.

Explanation:

• The spontaneous net movement or diffusion of solvent molecules through a selectively permeable membrane from a region of high water potential (lower solute concentration) to a region of low water potential (higher solute concentration) in the direction that tends to equalise the solute concentrations on both sides is known as osmosis.
• When raisins are submerged in water (a hypotonic solution), they absorb water by osmosis and swell.
• Water continues to flow into the raisins' cells through their cell membranes until the raisins' cells are turgid.
• Endosmosis is the scientific term for this phenomenon.