Question

Discuss biological and industrial importance of osmosis. EXPLAIN IN DETAIL.

Answer 1

osmosis is a movement of water across a semi permeable membrane from a region with low solute concentration to a region with high solute concentration.
{Biological process that depend on osmosis}
1)water ingested is absorbed into the body by the cells lining the intestine through osmosis
{Industrial process that depend on osmosis}
1)in places with scarcity of water saline sea water is desalinated for use by osmosis.water moves from high concentration salt water across an artificial semi permeable membrane and is desalinated......CHEERSSSSSSS

Answer 2

Hey !!

The process of osmosis is of great biological and industrial importance as is evident from the following examples :-

• Movement of water from soil into plant roots and subsequently into upper portion of the plant occurs partly due to osmosis.
• Preservation of meat against bacterial action by adding salt
• Preservation of fruits against bacterial action by adding sugar. Bacterium in canned fruit loses water through the process of osmosis, shrivels and dies.
• Reverse osmosis is used for desalination of water.

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