Question

Write a paragraph explaining this situation of osmosis and/or diffusion: Your favorite plant has begun to wilt. You feel the soil in the pot and find that it is very dry. You water your plant and about 20 minutes later you discover the plant is standing up straight again.

Make sure to include:
1.An explanation of where the high and low concentration of water is located.
2.An explanation of diffusion/osmosis including a description of how the molecules are moving.
3.The words - Osmosis, diffusion, selectively permeable membrane, high concentration, low concentration, and equilibrium.

Answer 1

When you water your wilting plant, the water moves from an area of higher water concentration to an area of lower concentration through osmosis.

Step-by-step explanation:

Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. In this situation, when your favorite plant is wilting, the soil is very dry, which means it has a low concentration of water.

When you water the plant, the water moves from the area with a higher concentration of water (outside the roots) to the area with a lower concentration of water (inside the roots). This happens through osmosis, which is the movement of water through a semipermeable membrane to reach equilibrium.