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Osmosis is a type of passive transport that occurs when water diffuses through a cell membrane.
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How is osmosis defined?
as diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
Osmosis is a specific form of?
Osmosis is a very specific type of diffusion. Osmosis is defined as the movement of water from higher concentration to lower concentration. This type of diffusion is unique as it only really involves water movement which occurs through a membrane that is considered semi-permable.
What process is the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane?
This is the process of osmosis. The membrane allows a solvent (usually water) to move from an area with lower solute concentration to one with greater concentration.
How do you spell osmosis?
Really? osmosis.
Is osmosis passive?
Osmosis is defined as the movement of water through a semipermeable membrane from a region of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration. In theory water could be actively pumped and it would still count as osmosis so it might not always be passive. But in cells water passes through proteins called Aquaporins which allow the passive transport of water. LONG TO SHORT YES IT IS PASSIVE
Osmosis is defined as the movement of?
water across a concentration gradient
How is osmosis defined?
as diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
How is omosis defined?
Osmosis is the diffusion of fluid through a semipermeable membrane.
Osmosis is a specific form of?
Osmosis is a very specific type of diffusion. Osmosis is defined as the movement of water from higher concentration to lower concentration. This type of diffusion is unique as it only really involves water movement which occurs through a membrane that is considered semi-permable.
Is diffusion of water is called osmosis?
Yes, osmosis is defined as the net movement of water molecules from an area where they are highly concentrated to an area where they are less concentrated across a semi-permeable membrane such as a cell surface membrane.
What Terms can be defined as the movement of water across a cell membrane?
Movement of water is a passive process called osmosis. It always moves from an area of higher concentration of water to a lower concentration of water.
