Osmosis transports water molecules across a partially permeable membrane, such as a cell membrane. It does not transport other types of materials, like ions or larger molecules.
Fluid materials transport through membrane osmosis by the movement of water molecules across a semipermeable membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. This process is driven by the concentration gradient of solutes on either side of the membrane. Osmosis helps maintain the balance of fluids and electrolytes in living organisms.
Two main processes are involved in taking materials into cells: passive transport and active transport. Passive transport includes simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and osmosis, which do not require energy. Active transport, on the other hand, uses energy to move materials across the cell membrane against their concentration gradient.
Sugar transport can occur through both passive transport, such as facilitated diffusion or simple diffusion, and active transport, such as primary or secondary active transport processes. Osmosis specifically refers to the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane, so sugar transport itself is not osmosis.
Osmosis is a passive transport process. It involves the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane from an area of higher water concentration to an area of lower water concentration without the use of energy.
Diffusion and osmosis are forms of passive transport, which is the movement of particles across a membrane without requiring energy input from the cell.
diffusion and osmosis
diffusion and osmosis
diffusion and osmosis are types of ways to get materials into or out of a cell
The types of particle transport mechanisms by which particles move into and out of the cell are diffusion, osmosis, and active transport.
The two general types of transport used by cells are passive transport, which does not require energy and includes processes like diffusion and osmosis, and active transport, which requires energy and involves processes like protein pumps and vesicle transport.
No they're both passive transport
Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane from where it(water) is in higher concentration to where it(water) is in lower concentration.
Osmosis, diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport
No. (Active xport would be in the opposite direction.)
False. Diffusion and osmosis are both types of passive transport, where molecules move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration without the need for energy input.
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No, diffusion and osmosis are passive transport processes, not active transport. Diffusion is the movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration, while osmosis is the movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane. Active transport, on the other hand, requires energy and moves substances against their concentration gradient.