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Materials can enter and exit cells in multiple ways. There is the process of osmosis, where water particles move through the partially permeable membrane in the cell wall to a higher concentration gradient - this does not require energy. There is also diffusion, where particles small enough to fit through the partially permeable membrane move down a concentration gradient - this also does not require energy. And then there is active transport, where the cell wall can actually move particles into the concentration gradient they would not naturally move to, and this does require energy. Hope I helped :)

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