What are some examples of osmosis in real life?

Answer 1

Osmosis refers to the movement of one, less concentrated solvent through a semi-permeable membrane to another, more concentrated solvent.

Here are a few instances of osmosis in daily life:

when a raisin becomes puffy after being kept in water.

Transport of salt-water across the membrane of an animal cell.

Osmosis helps plants absorb minerals and water from their roots.

Your finger gets pruned if you spend a lot of time in the bath or in the water because the skin expands and absorbs water.

Fruits and meat are preserved with it.

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Answer 2

Ruby Armstrong

Pruned skin on our hands and feet is not an example of osmosis.

Our skin ripples on our extremities as a natural defense mechanism to make it easier for us to grip wet, slick surfaces.

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Answer 3

Victoria Angeli

Examples of osmosis in real life include the movement of water into and out of plant cells, the movement of water through a semipermeable membrane in the kidneys, and the preservation of food by using salt to draw out moisture.

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When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.