Osmosis is a type of passive transport. This means that it is a process that does not need any energy to take place. Partially permeable membranes (or sometimes called semi-permeable membranes) are very thin layers of material that allow certain things to pass through it while preventing other things from passing through. An area of high water concentration is a dilute solution of the substance added to it to water to alter its concentration An …showed first 75 words of 6452 total…

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