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Osmosis refers to the flow of water along the water potential through a selectively/differentially permeable membrane/tubing due to a difference in water potential. Thus, it always involves 1) a selectively/differentially permeable membrane 2) difference in water potential(related to concentration gradient) 3)flow of water.

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Osmosis always involves the movement of what?

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How do you use osmosis in a sentence?

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In osmosis in the kidney of a mammal what substance is involved?

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Is osmosis a process that involves the movement of only water molecules?

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Why the osmosis involves the movement of molecules via special transport protein?

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What osmosis involves . both water and oxygen water but not oxygen oxygen but not water neither water nor oxygen?

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Is osmosis a type of transport involving elements such as calcium?

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Is osmosis a passive or active transport and how?

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The movement of water across a membrane is termed?

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