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Compare and contrast the three different types of passive transport: Diffusion, Osmosis, and Facilitated Diffusion.

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Both move from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration through a partially permeable membrane.


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Facilitated diffusion is for any small particles which can pass through a partially permeable membrane while osmosis is only for water molecules.

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