AP BIOLOGY

THE CELL

TRANSPORT INTO AND OUT OF THE CELL

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If you smell dinner cooking from the living room, this is an example of ____
A
Facilitated diffusion
B
Diffusion
C
Osmosis
D
Phagocytosis
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The spreading out and mixing of a substance with another substance due to the motion of its particles is called diffusion. The diffusion of gases allows the spread of the smell of a lot of things quickly. The smell of food, perfume, and fragrance of the incense stick diffuses in air.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hot food has a very high temperature. Thus it spreads to a very large distance. So we can say that we smell hot food from a distance because of diffusion.

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