One major difference between plant and animal cells is that plant cells possess cell walls. Cell walls provide support and give shape to plants, and plant cells need a certain amount of pressure to keep cell walls rigid. The plant cell maintains the correct amount of pressure by diffusing water through the semi-permeable cell wall. Which process helps maintain this pressure and is related to Fick’s First Law?(1 point)

Question

One major difference between plant and animal cells is that plant cells possess cell walls. Cell walls provide support and give shape to plants, and plant cells need a certain amount of pressure to keep cell walls rigid. The plant cell maintains the correct amount of pressure by diffusing water through the semi-permeable cell wall. Which process helps maintain this pressure and is related to Fick’s First Law?(1 point)
Responses

rest
    rest
    diffusion
    diffusion
    osmosis
    osmosis
    motion

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The process that helps maintain the correct amount of pressure in plant cells and is related to Fick’s First Law is **osmosis**. Osmosis specifically refers to the diffusion of water across a semi-permeable membrane, which is key in maintaining turgor pressure in plant cells.