1. Solids typically do not diffuse into liquids unless finely divided. Liquids and gases can diffuse readily into liquids due to their molecular nature, with gases diffusing faster than liquids due to their lower viscosity.

    Solids typically do not diffuse into liquids unless finely divided. Liquids and gases can diffuse readily into liquids due to their molecular nature, with gases diffusing faster than liquids due to their lower viscosity.

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  2. Diffusion enables aquatic organisms to obtain vital gases like oxygen and nutrients dissolved in water, crucial for their survival. It facilitates the exchange of substances across their membranes, supporting metabolic functions and maintaining cellular homeostasis.

    Diffusion enables aquatic organisms to obtain vital gases like oxygen and nutrients dissolved in water, crucial for their survival. It facilitates the exchange of substances across their membranes, supporting metabolic functions and maintaining cellular homeostasis.

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  3. Oxygen is vital for aerobic respiration, enabling aquatic organisms to generate energy. Carbon dioxide is necessary for photosynthesis in aquatic plants, allowing them to produce oxygen and organic compounds, sustaining the ecosystem's oxygen balance and food web.

    Oxygen is vital for aerobic respiration, enabling aquatic organisms to generate energy. Carbon dioxide is necessary for photosynthesis in aquatic plants, allowing them to produce oxygen and organic compounds, sustaining the ecosystem’s oxygen balance and food web.

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  4. Gases from the atmosphere interact with liquids through diffusion, where molecules move from regions of higher concentration to lower concentration, leading to dissolution and equilibrium between the two phases.

    Gases from the atmosphere interact with liquids through diffusion, where molecules move from regions of higher concentration to lower concentration, leading to dissolution and equilibrium between the two phases.

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  5. Diffusion is the process by which particles move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration, resulting in their even distribution. While solids diffuse very slowly, liquids diffuse more readily.

    Diffusion is the process by which particles move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration, resulting in their even distribution. While solids diffuse very slowly, liquids diffuse more readily.

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