Water potential

Water potential is a measure of the potential energy in water, influencing the movement of water between systems. It is affected by solute concentration, pressure, and gravitational forces.

Water always moves from high water solute to low water solute

water potential is solute potential plus pressure potential. solute potential is calculated by the formula (-iCRT) with the i as 1 if its sugar and 2 if its salt, and R is rate which is 0.0831, and T is temperature which is always converted into K by adding 273 to the Celsius.

water moves from hypo-tonic to hyper-tonic molecules to reach equilibrium.

water wont stop moving during equilibrium, but it will exchange molecules and the net movement will continue.

Water moves from high water potential to low water potential, as low water potential means less water free energy and being able to move freely as it is occupied by the solute.

The plant cell wont burst since it has a cell to support and it becomes turgid which means full, while animal cells dont have any support and burst if the water fills too much.