The Powerful Osmosis (section 2)

Section II responses.

1.) Osmosis is the flow/movement of water through a semipermeable membrane.
2.) Diffusion is the movement from a part of highly concentrated  to a region in which they're less concentrated.
3.) The difference between osmosis and diffusion is that diffusion is one-way movement from areas of high concentration to low concentration while osmosis is more specifically for liquid (water), through a semi permeable membrane from areas of high water concentration to low water concentration.
4.) Energy is NOT used in either process because they are both Passive transport, which means no energy is required for the molecules to move in and out of the cell.
5.) A concentration gradient is when there is an uneven distribution of substance across a border. An example is a balloon. the air inside is more concentrated than the outside.
6.) Osmosis and diffusion both uses the word solute and solvent in their process's.
7.) Water is ALWAYS a solvent because water atoms are bipolar and there's a positive and negative side which helps anything solve in water.

The Powerful Osmosis (section 1)

The websites i chose for section I are purchon.com, alienryderflex.com, and biology.arizona.edu. According to those websites, i learned basic stuff about osmosis. Osmosis is the passage of the water from a region of high concentration through semi-permeable membrane to a region of low water concentration. I also learned some molecules that can easily go through the cell membrane. The molecules that i'm talking about are oxygen, water, CO2, ammonia, glucose, and amino-acids. However, it doesn't allow larger molecules such as sucrose, starch, and protein. I also finally understood what semi-permeable is; capable of only having certain things get through it, just like small molecules.

The second source has a little information about osmosis in general, it focused on a example and more illustrations. However, i found a great information about osmosis. Osmosis is the process by which small molecules automatically cross a semi-permeable membrane, compensating for a difference in the concentration of those molecules on either side of the membrane. About vocab, I kind of didn't knew what compensate means so i looked it up. It means to counterbalance; offset; be equivalent to.
The third source is what i like the most. I got a lot of information on the third source. There are Certain requirements in order to remain alive. Some major requirements are exchanging gas, taking in water, food, minerals, and eliminating wastes. It's not that i didn't knew those things. its just that i wanted to point it out because i find it important and interesting. There are also two ways that molecules move through membrane; passive transport, which doesn't require energy, and active transport which uses energy. I didn't know that equilibrium has two types. Two types of equilibrium are static equilibrium, which no action takes place, and dynamic equilibrium, which two opposing actions occur. I also knew that diffusion occurs when a system is not at equilibrium.
This section's information are pretty straight forward. It was a great start to begin the packet. Having the knowledge about osmosis to start will help you through the other sections. See you till next section!

Kingdoms and beyond!

This activity refreshed my memory about kingdoms. The six kingdoms are Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista.I also learned that there's two types of cells. Those cells are prokaryote, which means simple, and eukaryote, which means large and more complex. Prokaryote originated first so eukaryote is newer.
It's also interesting how the sketch of the cell are mostly round and oval shape.

This activity was fun and educational at the same time. I like the sketch part because i like drawing. I like the fact that this topic seems easy because i learned it two years ago. It refreshed my brain! So yeah, see you in my next blog! ;)

Super Duper Cell!

Cells are the structural and functional units of all living organisms. I learned that our body is made up of an estimated 100,000,000,000,000 cells! I also knew that the type of cells we have is Eukaryotic. It's pretty interesting how the inside of a cell is watery and jelly like. Also, it's funny how cells are very very small and you need to use a microscope just to see it.

The webquest that we did yesterday was fun and educational for me at the same time. On that webquest, my memory got refreshed from 2 years ago about organelles. I'm looking forward learning these stuff again because this is my favorite topic in Science. I will try to get A on every assignment that conncets to this topic. So see you on my next blog! Adios :)