What does the thin material that holds the tea leaves represent in a tea bag

It represents a  partially permeable membrane

Explanation:

As the water is added to the teabag it causes the tea leaves to move and triggers diffusion of the leaves. ... The addition of heat (from the hot water) to the tea bag causes its molecules to move much faster than at room temperature

in the year 2850, humans successfully colonized mars. the martian modules that were constructed could hold only a small population of people. it is now a century later, and the population on mars has grown to 600 people. of the current mars population, 45 people express the recessive phenotype for phenylketon- uria (pku) syndrome (pp genotype).

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