Answer:
Cellular energy
Explanation:
Osmosis is the movement of water from a less concentrated to more concentrated solution across a semi-permeable membrane. Cellular energy is not required in osmosis because it is a passive process. Osmosis is technically more or less the selective diffusion of water molecules across a membrane that selectively locks out other larger molecule like ions. Water will, therefore, move from the solution where there are more water molecules to the solution with fewer water molecules.
The three changes of state during which energy is absorbed are:
1. Change from solid to liquid - Melting.
2. Change from liquid to gas - Vaporization
3. Change from solid to gas - Sublimation
All these changes of state require heat energy to break the attractive forces that hold the particles of the molecules together, so that they can move into more disorderly states. For instance, when heat is applied to a solid, the solid absorbs the heat and use it to break the attractive forces that are holding the molecules of the solid together. At a particular temperature, the attractive forces will be completely overcome and the solid framework will collapse, thus leading to the melting of the solid.
Gas is the correct answer
