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Gekata [30.6K]
3 years ago
6

Which of the following describes osmosis?

Biology
1 answer:
Dmitriy789 [7]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

The correct option is C.

Explanation:

Osmosis is a good example of passive transport. In this transport across the cell membrane without any input of cellular energy movement of atomic substance occurs.

Osmosis is defined as the movement of water across the selectively permeable cell membrane from the high osmotic pressure potential towards the area of low osmotic pressure potential. Some examples of osmosis are skin soaking up water, plants receiving water, and when exposed to freshwater red blood cells swelling up.

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