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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 is the movement of water through diffusion called?
The movement of water through diffusion is called osmosis. Osmosis is the process where water molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration across a semipermeable membrane.
Is osmosis a process that involves the movement of only water molecules?
No, osmosis is a process that involves the movement of water molecules across a semi-permeable membrane, but it can also involve the movement of other molecules dissolved in the water.
What is the diffrerence between a diffustion and osmosis?
Diffusion is the movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration, while osmosis specifically refers to the movement of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane. Essentially, diffusion involves the movement of any type of particle, whereas osmosis specifically focuses on the movement of water molecules.
5 differences between diffusion and osmosis?
The differences between diffusion and osmosis are really just that osmosis takes place with water and through a membrane. Diffusion is just the spread of molecules from high concentration to low. Osmosis is diffusion of water through a 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.
How is omosis defined?
Osmosis is the diffusion of fluid through a semipermeable membrane.
Osmosis always involves the movement of what?
Osmosis always involves the movement of water. During osmosis water will move in and out of the cell or membrane.
Is movement of alcohol through cell membrane osmosis?
Alcohol moves across the cell membrane by means of osmosis.
The movement of water molecules across selectively premeable?
Osmosis movement of water from high concentration to low concentration.
The movement of water is called what?
osmosis
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.
The movement of water across a membrane is termed?
it is called osmosis and it is the net movement of water particles across a semi-permable membrane against the concentration gradient!
What is the prosses of osmosis?
Osmosis is the overall movement of water through a partially permeable membrane.
Is osmosis in plants passive or active?
The movement of water through the root hair cells takes place via osmosis. The concentration of water in the roots is however greater than the concentration of water in the soil and thus the movement of molecules across the concentration gradient will require energy. thus the osmosis in plants is an active process.Osmosis is defined as the passive transport of water. It is never active.(i.e. if it's an active process then it's not called osmosis).See Turgor pressure to confirm.
The equal movement of water from either side of a semipermeable membrane is known as what?
The movement of of a solute like water is called osmosis.
Movement of water through a membrane?
Osmosis.
