IB Biology Topic D2.3 Water Potential (SL/HL) covers syllabus content as part of Topic D2: Cells under Theme D: Continuity and Change. Use these notes, questionbank, videos, flashcards, and lessons to review the topic, practise exam questions, and move between notes, videos, flashcards, and lessons where available.
D2.3 Water potential is part of Topic D2: Cells under Theme D: Continuity and Change.
What this topic covers
D2.3.1 Solvation with water as the solvent
D2.3.2 Water movement from less concentrated to more concentrated solutions
D2.3.3 Water movement by osmosis into or out of cells
D2.3.4 Changes due to water movement in plant tissue
D2.3.5 Effects of water movement on cells that lack a cell wall
D2.3.6 Effects of water movement on cells with a cell wall
D2.3.7 Medical applications of isotonic solutions
D2.3.8 Water potential as the potential energy of water per unit volume (HL)
D2.3.9 Movement of water from higher to lower water potential (HL)
D2.3.10 Contributions of solute potential and pressure potential to the water potential (HL)
D2.3.11 Water potential and water movements in plant tissue (HL)