The Movement of Water Through a Membrane from an Area

question 70

Short Answer

The movement of water through a membrane from an area of higher pressure to an area of lower pressure is called ____________________.

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Definitions:

Disequilibrium

A state of imbalance or instability, often used in economics to describe markets where supply and demand are not in balance, and in psychology, to describe the conflict experienced when existing knowledge does not fit with new information.

Imitative Capacity

The ability of an individual to mimic or reproduce actions, behaviors, or sounds observed from others.

Deferred Imitation

Imitating the behavior of an absent model; illustrates infants’ capacity for mental representation.

A-not-B Ability

A cognitive phenomenon observed in infants where they reach for a hidden object where they last found it (A) rather than its new location (B), showcasing a development phase in object permanence understanding.