What is Osmosis and Osmotic Pressure?
Osmosis is like water's road trip from a less crowded place to a more crowded place through a semi-permeable membrane. Osmotic pressure is the 'road toll' needed to stop that trip!
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Osmosis: water moving to balance solute levels. Osmotic pressure: the force needed to halt that movement.
Osmosis is water flowing from low to high solute concentration. Osmotic pressure is the force that opposes this flow.
Osmosis is water鈥檚 way of balancing solutes by moving through a semi-permeable membrane. Osmotic pressure is the 'stop sign' for this movement!
Osmosis is basically water moving through a semi-permeable membrane from where there's less stuff (low solute concentration) to where there's more stuff (high solute concentration). Osmotic pressure is the force needed to stop this water flow.
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