The answer for the crossword is "osmosis", although few people can understand the actual concept.
osmosis
When water diffuses through a semipermeable membrane, such as a cell, it is called osmosis. In osmosis the concentration of water will differ on one side of the membrane from that of the other side. Water molecules will tend to diffuse from the high concentration side to the lower.
The rate of diffusion through a semipermeable membrane will be lowest when the concentration gradient between the two sides of the membrane is smallest, or when the thickness of the membrane is largest, limiting the movement of molecules.
Diffusion of fluid through a semipermeable membrane from a solution with a low solute concentration to a solution with a higher solute concentration until there is an equal concentration of fluid on both sides of the membrane .
# a physical chemistry,cell biology. ------------------------------ Movement of solvent through a semipermeable membrane so as to equalize the concentration of solute across the membrane.
Osmosis is the process by which water moves across a selectively permeable membrane.
Water moves through a semipermeable membrane from an area of high to low concentration. This is called osmosis.
== == Diffusion is: the movement of particles from regions of higher concentration to regions of lower concentration. Osmosis is: the diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane.
Osmosis is the tendency of a solvent to travel across a semipermeable membrane (Semipermeable membrane- a membrane that allows some molecules to pass through but does not allow other molecules to pass through) into areas of higher solute concentration. Diffusion is the random motion of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
Osmosis!
Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules down a concentration gradient through a semi-permeable membrane
Diffusion of fluid through a semipermeable membrane from a solution with a low solute concentration to a solution with a higher solute concentration until there is an equal concentration of fluid on both sides of the membrane .
Osmosis is the process of water moving from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration through a selectively permeable membrane. This movement occurs to equalize the concentration of solutes on both sides of the membrane.
Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a membrane (semipermeable) membrane. Water always moves from a high concentration of water to a low concentration of water.
# a physical chemistry,cell biology. ------------------------------ Movement of solvent through a semipermeable membrane so as to equalize the concentration of solute across the membrane.
When water flows out of the cell by osmosis, it is due to a higher concentration of solutes outside the cell compared to inside. This creates a concentration gradient that drives water out of the cell to equalize the concentration on both sides of the cell membrane.
Osmosis is the process by which water moves across a selectively permeable membrane.
What is the situation? Provided a concentration gradient and a molecule that passes through a membrane, diffusion will happen. Generally small and nonpolar molecules will pass through a membrane down a concentration gradient. That doesn't answer your question but it may be the answer your looking for.