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Osmosis is a physical process in which a solvent moves, without input of energy, across a semipermeable membrane (permeable to the solvent , but not the solute) separating two solutions of different concentrations. Osmosis releases energy, and can be made to do work, as when a growing tree root splits a stone.

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Does osmosis require protein?

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What is the process of the cell division in which one mother cell divides to form two identical daughter?

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Osmosis is a special form of?

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