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osmosis is the diffusion of water across a membrane. Regualtes cells osmotic pressure.

diffusion- simply means that a substance travels down its concentration gradient to areas of lower solute concentration. Osmosis is a type of diffusion.

hypotonic solution: if a cell is placed in an hypotonic solution (a solution with less solute concentration) the cell will swell (and eventually lyse) as water rushes into it to dilute the hypertonic environment in the cell.

hypertonic solution: if a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution thecell will shrivel up as water leaves it to dilute the higher solute concentration outside of the cell.

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