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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.

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Q: What Terms can be defined as the movement of water across a cell membrane?
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What is osmosis in terms of water potential?

The net movement of water molecules from a region of high water potential to a region of low water potential across a permeable membrane


What terms describes the movement of water molecule in and out of cell?

The movement of water through a semipermeable membrane is called osmosis.


How are osmosis and diffusion similar to homeostasis?

tecnicly, they arn't osmosis (in terms of life) is the diffusion of water across the cell membrane diffusion is the natral movement of particls from a higher consintration to a lower consintration.


Are diffusion and osmosis the same process?

No osmosis is actually a special term used just for the movement of water across a cell membrane. We don't use that term for anything else. Diffusion is for the movement of other substances but not always involving a cell membrane. For example, scent can diffuse in the air. Science tends to be like this but it is important to use exact terms.


What is the definition of diffiusion in science terms?

Diffusion in Biology is when atoms and small molecules move across the cell membrane.


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"Defined items" are defined in terms of "undefined terms".


How are defined terms and undefined terms relate to each other?

"Defined items" are defined in terms of "undefined terms".


Which terms describes the difference in the concentrations of a substance across a cells membrane?

Tonicity best fits the single word you are looking for. One side is hypertonic and the other will be hypotonic.


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Combustion in defined in terms of 1 mole of reactant, formation is defined in terms of 1 mole of product


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