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When a plant cell is placed in a concentrated sugar solution, water moves out of the cell by osmosis, through the partially permeable cell wall.

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Important Questions on Movement in and Out of Cells

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Biology Coursebook Third Edition>Chapter 3 - Movement in and Out of Cells>End-of-chapter questions>Q 2
Animal cells plasmolyse in a concentrated sugar solution.
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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Biology Coursebook Third Edition>Chapter 3 - Movement in and Out of Cells>End-of-chapter questions>Q 3
Explain why diffusion happens faster when the temperature rises.
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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Biology Coursebook Third Edition>Chapter 3 - Movement in and Out of Cells>End-of-chapter questions>Q 3
Explain why Oxygen diffuses out of a plant leaf during daylight hours.
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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Biology Coursebook Third Edition>Chapter 3 - Movement in and Out of Cells>End-of-chapter questions>Q 3
Explain why water molecules can pass through visking tubing, but starch molecules cannot.
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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Biology Coursebook Third Edition>Chapter 3 - Movement in and Out of Cells>End-of-chapter questions>Q 3
Explain why an animal cell bursts if placed in pure water.
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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Biology Coursebook Third Edition>Chapter 3 - Movement in and Out of Cells>End-of-chapter questions>Q 3
If a plant is short of water, its leaves lose their firmness and the plants wilts.
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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE® Biology Coursebook Third Edition>Chapter 3 - Movement in and Out of Cells>End-of-chapter questions>Q 4
Define diffusion.