Question #8095e
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entropy is the driving force in osmosis as controlled by a selective membrane.
Explanation:
Everything goes form high order to low order. The membrane allows only small particles to move across the membrane. By having a large number of large sugar molecules on one side of the membrane the concentration of molecules on the side with the sugar is higher than the side outside of the organism. This causes small molecules (water) to move across the membrane to lower the concentration of molecules on the inside.
Entropy is achieved through Osmosis. The high concentration goes down as the water molecules move across the membrane. The highly ordered environment inside of the cells becomes less ordered as water molecules enter the cell.
Entropy is a universal law everything goes from order to disorder, or entropy disorder always increases in a closed system.
