Chapter 3, Problem 42FB

Summary Introduction

To review:

The blank in the statement“Osmotically active substances are called______.”

Introduction:

The process of spontaneous diffusion of solvent molecules from a semipermeable membrane that differentiates a solution with a lower solute concentration from a solution with a higher solute concentration is called osmosis. The substancesthat maintain osmotic balance in the cells arecalled osmotically active substances.