In osmosis, due to solute concentration differences, the solute will move from a higher concentration to a lower concentration. True or False

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Q: Why would the Na+–K+ pump, but not osmosis, cease to function after a cell dies?

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Q: Mention some advantages of osmosis.

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Q: Osmosis is a type of active transport, but specifically for water. True False

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Q: A cell is placed in a solution and it swells and bursts.  Explain what happened

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Q: True or false the cell membrane equalizes osmosis pressure to protect cell.

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Q: Based on the definition of osmosis what are the three defining characteristics of osmosis?

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Q: Experiment on Osmosis or diffusion

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Osmosis

In simple words, osmosis is the slow, gradual movement of a liquid through a membrane. But there are nuances to this process. For instance, there has to be an imbalance in the distribution of solute in the liquid on either side of the membrane, which has to be semipermeable. The liquid in the region with a lower solute concentration moves to the region with a higher concentration, thereby displacing the solution in the process. The objective is to equalize the concentration of molecules on both sides of the membrane; the displacement of liquid can be viewed as a byproduct of this equalization. Since there is no energy required to carry osmosis, it is considered a passive process.