Use your understanding of osmosis and diffusion to explain why cooking dried pasta in boiling water makes the pasta soft.

You may write the reflection from the perspective of the dried pasta and explain the changes it undergoes in boiling water using relevant terms about osmosis, diffusion and heat transfer.

Note: To attain maximum credit please include the websites of all references. In addition you should write in complete sentences and include 3-5 paragraphs in your reflection. WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST

Well first and foremost, the most important thing to understand is that the pasta is dried, which may sound funny but it critical. Next, osmosis. Osmosis is a type of diffusion that specifically involves water. Heat makes the reaction occur faster (I believe?).

Having said that (established the definitions), we can move on to explaining why cooking dried pasta in boiling water makes the pasta soft. The idea of diffusion is based on the concept that substances will move from areas where there are more concentrated to areas where they are less concentrated. Because there is way more free water present in the surrounding environment of the dried pasta, the water will diffuse into the pasta, making it moisturized and hence soft. Further, there are more solutes present in the pasta, another reason as to why diffusion will occur.

As to heat, I'm not quite sure as to its effect, but heat does tend to make reactions faster. It may have an effect on making the pasta soft, I guess. As the temperature of the dried pasta is much lower than that of the boiling water when you start to boil the pasta, the heat will move into the pasta, as heat also tends to move from hotter to colder substances, making it (softer?). Hope this helps :)

As to websites, I have to admit I was kinda lazy but it should be easy to find websites on the info above. Some good sources include Sciencing, Khan Academy, etc.

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archaea includes all the prokaryotic cells which are characterized by their lipid membranes. they have branched hydrocarbon which is attached to glycerol through an ether linkage.

bacteria includes all the prokaryotic cells, the cell membrane of which are made up of the unbranched fatty acid chain. in addition, they are attached to glycerol through an ester bond.

eukarya includes all the eukaryotic cells, that is, the cells contain a nucleus and other membrane-bound cell organelles.

they can be autotrophic as well as heterotrophic, unicellular as well as multicellular

they include kingdoms like protista, plantae, animalia, fungi et cetera.

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