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Osmosis is what type of transport?

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Diffusion.

It's the movement of water through a permeable membrane.

And it's always passive.

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Passive Transport ( it requires no energy) because it goes from a higher concentration to a low concentration. It does not go against it's concentration gradient ("active transport)

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