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Exercise 9 Content
Learning Objectives
After completing this lab, the students will be able to:
- define diffusion and osmosis.
- explain the relationship between rate of diffusion and molecular weight
- Predict the movement of water (or other substances) across semi-pemeable membranes.
- Recognize hypertonic, hypotonic and isotonic solutions.
- Predict changes in living cells placed in a hypertonic, hypotonic, or isotonic solution.
Lab Readings
Read the following materials before you begin the experiment.
- 5.2: Passive Transport contributed by Boundless (Libretext).
5.2A: The Role of Passive Transport
5.2B: Selective Permeability
5.2C: Diffusion
5.2D: Facilitated transport
5.2E: Osmosis
5.2F: Tonicity - Passive Transport: Filtration and Facilitated Diffusion by Barbara Liang.
Click Next to start the slide.
https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/general-education/anatomy-and-physiology1/ap11103/passive-transport-filtration-and-facilitated
Passive transport: osmosis by Barbara Liang.
https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/natural-science/life-science/ap11003/the-cell-passive-transport-osmosis - Chapter 7-3 The Cell Membrane; Active and Passive transport (21 slides).
- https://microbenotes.com/osmosis-and-diffusion/ by Anupama Sapkota.
- Passive transport, active transport, Bulk transport (Openstax).
- Active transport: Endocytosis, Exocytosis, and Sodium-potassium pump.
https://www.biologycorner.com/bio1/notes_active_transport.html
Videos
- View Transport Across Cell Membranes video below or on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPAZvs4hvGA, before you start the lab activity.
- View active transport.wmv on youTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5pWH1r3pgU
Lab Activity
in this lab activities, you will observe how to conduct these experiments in the lab.
- Diffusion Methylene blue through Agar Gel.
https://www.biophysics.org/Portals/0/BPSAssets/Education/Documents/LessonPlanDiffusion_122115sm.pdf - Diffusion Potassium Permanganate, Methylene Blue, and Safranin after 30 minute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdJsu4S56mM&feature=youtu.be
3. Cell membrane model demonstration using dialysis tubing on you tube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CNGe3jMej0
4. Dialysis Tubing Diffusion Time-lapse on you tube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp9EvMeTMUs&feature=emb_logo
5. Osmosis Demo. Time lapse start at 3.50. (Bozeman Science)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQsAzXr0UCU&feature=youtu.be
6. Onion Osmosis happened after salt solution is added.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S29InN1YSl4&feature=youtu.be
7. Red blood cells under the microscope, hypo and hypertonic solutions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8cI6FkcG4c&feature=emb_logo
Quiz
- Diffusion Quiz (6 questions)
https://www.biologycorner.com/quiz/qz_diffusion.html - Cell transport quiz.
https://www.unmisravle.com/passive-and-active-transport-worksheets/passive-and-active-transport-worksheet-worksheets-for-all-2/