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Water can move freely through the membrane from a higher to a lower concentration in a transportation process called _____.

permeability
osmosis
mitosis
meiosis

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Water can move freely through the membrane from a higher to a lower concentration in a transportation process called osmosis.
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Answer: Osmosis

Step-by-step explanation:

Osmosis is the process of transportation of water through a selectively permeable membrane across a concentration gradient. Typically, in this process water moves from a region of high concentration of solute to lower solute concentration.

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