Transport in Plants – Solutions

1. What are the factors that affect the rate of diffusion?

Solution:

Diffusion is a passive physical process in which net movement occurs from a region of higher concentration to a region of the lower concentration. It eventually results in a homogenous solution. Hence, the process is affected by a number of factors.

Some of them are:

1. Concentration gradient
2. Permeability of membrane
3. Temperature
4. Pressure

The concentration gradient determines the direction of the flow of the substances.