AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Permeable means able to be penetrated or passed through, especially by a liquid or gas. The verb permeate means to penetrate, pass through, and often become widespread throughout something. Similar words are pervade and saturate.

Detailed explanation-2: -permeable : capable of being permeated : penetrable; especially : having pores or openings that permit liquids or gases to pass through.

Detailed explanation-3: -The membrane is selectively permeable because substances do not cross it indiscriminately. Some molecules, such as hydrocarbons and oxygen can cross the membrane. Many large molecules (such as glucose and other sugars) cannot. Water can pass through between the lipids.

Detailed explanation-4: -1: Osmosis: In osmosis, water always moves from an area of higher water concentration to one of lower concentration. In the diagram shown, the solute cannot pass through the selectively permeable membrane, but the water can.

Detailed explanation-5: -adjective. If a substance is permeable, something such as water or gas can pass through it or soak into it. A number of products have been developed which are permeable to air and water. [ + to] Synonyms: penetrable, porous, absorbent, spongy More Synonyms of permeable.