Osmosis

Solution

A mixture of solute and solvent, such as salt water or sugar water.

Concentrated solution

A solution with a high amount of solute.

Dilute solution

A solution with a low amount of solute.

Osmosis

The movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane until both sides have nearly the same concentration.

Water potential

The measure of the ability to lose or gain water; higher water potential means higher ability to lose water, and lower water potential means higher ability to gain water.

Isotonic

When two solutions have equal water potential.

Hypotonic

A dilute solution with a high water potential, causing it to lose water.

Crenate

The shrinking of animal cells.

Lyse

The bursting of animal cells.

Turgid

In a plant cell, it means swollen or distended due to water absorption, making the cell firm and rigid.

Flaccid

In a plant cell, it refers to a state where the cell lacks turgor pressure and becomes limp or wilted due to a loss of water.

Plasmolyzed

When a plant cell loses water and shrinks due to water moving out of the cell.

Hypertonic

A concentrated solution with a low water potential, causing it to gain water from another solution.