Crescent Girls’ School

Established 1956
Secondary Two Science
Diffusion & Osmosis – WS 1
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Name : Class: _______________

Index No: _____________ Date : _______________

Section A. Multiple Choices Question [15 marks]

1. Which of the following factors must be present for diffusion to take place?
I difference in concentration of particles in the two regions.
II difference of concentration of water molecules in two regions.
III presence of a partially permeable membrane.

A. I C. I, II
B. II D. I, II, III

2. Which of the following factors must be present for osmosis to take place?
I A partially permeable membrane must be present.
II Water molecules must be present.
III There must be a difference in liquid concentration.
IV The presence of a membrane is not necessary.

A. I & II C. I, II & III

B. I & III D. I, II, III & IV

3. Which of the following processes is responsible for spreading the molecules of

insecticide from one corner of a room to another?

A. Osmosis C. Convection
B. Diffusion D. Radiation

4. Plants absorb nutrients through the process ________ and water through the process
______.

A. osmosis, diffusion C. osmosis, osmosis

B. diffusion, osmosis D. diffusion, diffusion

5. The rate of diffusion is slowest in

A. Solids C. Gases
B. Liquids D. Water

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 6. Diffusion between two solutions stops when the solutions

A. become homogeneous
B. become heterogeneous
C. start to dissolve in each other
D. are of different concentration

7. Which of the following states of matter can diffusion occur in?

A. Solids and Liquids

B. Solids and Gases
C. Liquids and Gases
D. Solids, Liquids and Gases

8. Water molecules move from a _______ solution to a _______ solution during osmosis.

A. diluted, concentrated C. acidic, alkaline

B. concentrated, diluted D. alkaline, acidic

9. A cellophane bag containing starch solution and red ink is placed in a beaker of water.
Which of the following will take place?

A. The cellophane bag will swell when starch molecules enter.

B. The cellophane bag will shrink when starch molecules leave.
C. The water in the beaker will turn red.
D. Nothing takes place.

10. A cellophane bag containing starch solution and red ink is placed in a beaker of water.
Which of the following will occur as a result of osmosis?

A. The cellophane bag swells because water enters it.

B. The cellophane bag shrinks as starch molecules leave it.
C. Starch molecules will be seen in the water.
D. The water in the beaker will turn red.

11. A Visking tubing is filled with liquid X which is immersed into a beaker containing liquid
Y.
Which of the following combinations of liquids X and Y will cause the tubing to swell?

Concentration of Liquid X Concentration of Liquid Y

I 20g of sugar in 100cm3 of water 20g of sugar in 100cm3 of water
II 10g of sugar in 100cm3 of water 20g of sugar in 100cm3 of water
III 20g of sugar in 100cm3 of water 10g of sugar in 100cm3 of water
IV 20g of sugar in 100cm3 of water 40g of sugar in 200cm3 of water

A. I C. III
B. II D. IV

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12. Regions X and Y were separated by a partially permeable membrane. In which of the
following set-ups will there be a net movement of water molecules from Y to X?

Set- Contents in Region X Contents in Region Y

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I diluted glucose solution water
II Water diluted glucose solution
III water concentrated glucose solution
IV diluted glucose solution concentrated glucose solution

A. I C. III
B. II D. IV

13. What does plasmolysis mean?

A. It is a form of diffusion where the plant cell gains water.

B. It is an extreme form of osmosis where the plant cell loses excess water.
C. It is the movement of nutrients into the plant cell by osmosis.
D. It is the movement of water molecules into the roots of a plant.

14. Active transport is different from osmosis and diffusion in that

A. molecules move into a cell much faster.

B. molecules involved in active transport are much smaller.
C. molecules move only in the presence of light.
D. molecules move from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher
concentration.

15. A cellophane bag containing starch solution and red ink is placed in a beaker of water.
What is the function of the cellophane bag?

A. To prevent starch molecules from diffusing out into the beaker of water.
B. To prevent starch molecules from diffusing into the bag.
C. To prevent red ink molecules from diffusing out into the beaker of water.
D. To prevent red ink molecules from diffusing into the bag.

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Section B. Short Structured Question [10 marks]
7. A Visking tubing containing red ink solution is tied and placed into a beaker of
concentrated sucrose solution. The set-up is left to stand for an hour.
(a) What would you observe at the end of the experiment?

The Visking tubing will contain a mixture of red ink and water solution .
[1]

(b) State the molecules that have moved across the Visking tubing.

Water molecules that have moved across the Visking tubing. [1]

(c) Explain what you have observed in part (a) above.

The water molecules are small enough to pass through the small holes of the Visking
tube known as the pores . Water molecules diffuses from the beaker (higher
concentration of water molecules ) into the Visking tubing (lower concentration of water
molecules) by osmosis . Thus the water molecules and red ink molecules are found in
the visking tubing .
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2. An animal cell was placed in a mixture containing a high concentration of glucose,

protein and starch in water.
(a) Name the substance(s) that can enter the cell by diffusion.

Glucose can enter the cell by diffusion . [1]

(b) State the function of the cell membrane.

The cell membrane controls the movement of the substances moving in and out of the
cell .
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(c) Explain your answer to part (a) above.

__Glucose molecules are small enough to diffuse through the cell membrane into the
cell unlike the starch and protein molecule which are too large to diffuse through the cell
membrane .
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