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Licemer1 [7]
3 years ago
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how do passive transport and active transport differ? Is osmosis an example of passive ransport or active transport? why?

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disa [49]3 years ago
5 0
Passive transport is a movement of biochemicals and other atomic or molecular substances across cell membranes without need of energy input. Unlike active transport, it does not require an input of cellular energy because it is instead driven by the tendency of the system to grow in entropy.

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