Classify the following into osmosis/diffusion:
(a) Swelling up of a raisin on keeping in water.
(b) Spreading of the virus through sneezing.
(c) Earthworm dying on coming in contact with common salt.
(d) Shrinking of grapes kept in thick sugar syrup.
(e) Preserving pickles in salt.
(f) Spreading of the smell of cake being baked throughout the house.
(g) Aquatic animals using oxygen dissolved in water during respiration
Osmosis:
Diffusion:
(a) Osmosis is the enlargement of a raisin after keeping it in water.
(b) Diffusion is the propagation of the virus caused by sneezing.
(c) Osmosis is the death of an earthworm when it comes into touch with ordinary salt.
Earthworms die when they come into contact with common salt because their skin dries up due to water loss.
(d) Osmosis is the shrinking of grapes held in thick sugar syrup.
(e) Osmosis is the process by which pickles are preserved in salt.
Salt aids in the removal of water from cells and the preservation of pickles.
(f) Diffusion is the spread of the smell of baking cake throughout the house.
The scent is produced by the cake particles spreading by diffusion.
(g) Diffusion is the answer for aquatic species that use oxygen dissolved in water during breathing.