What is endosmosis and exosmosis ? What happens to plant cell and animal cell during endosmosis and exosmosis ?
Exosmosis | Endosmosis |
It is a movement of water outside the cell through a semipermeable membrane when placed in hypertonic solution/medium (concentration of the solution is more than the cell) | It is a movement of water inside the cell through a semipermeable membrane when placed in hypotonic solution/medium (concentration of the solution is less than the cell) |
It can make a cell flaccid | It can make a cell turgid. |