A student designed an experiment to test whether different concentration gradients affect the rate of diffusion through dialysis tubing. Four different solutions ( 0% NaCl, 1% NaCl, 5% NaCl, and 10% NaCl) were tested under identical conditions. Twenty mL of each solution was placed into separate dialysis tubing that is permeable to Na+, Cl-, and water. Each bag was placed in a separate beaker and covered with distilled water. The concentration of NaCl in the water outside of each bag was measured at 40-second intervals. The graph below shows the results from the 5% bag: Concentration of NaCl Outside of Dialysis Bags Concentration of NaCl (mg/L) 400 320 240 160 80 0 0 40 120 80 Time(seconds) 5% Solution 160 a. Describe the process of diffusion through the dialysis tubing. b. If you were to design a different experiment testing rates of diffusion, identify experimental procedures. c. Analyze that data in the graph and describe the results. Provide reasoning to justify your answer. d. Predict how you would expect the results of the other three bags to compare to that of the 5% bag and justify your predictions.

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Osmosis

In simple words, osmosis is the slow, gradual movement of a liquid through a membrane. But there are nuances to this process. For instance, there has to be an imbalance in the distribution of solute in the liquid on either side of the membrane, which has to be semipermeable. The liquid in the region with a lower solute concentration moves to the region with a higher concentration, thereby displacing the solution in the process. The objective is to equalize the concentration of molecules on both sides of the membrane; the displacement of liquid can be viewed as a byproduct of this equalization. Since there is no energy required to carry osmosis, it is considered a passive process.