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Define osmosis........................

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Osmosis is the spontaneous net movement of solvent molecules through a selectively permeable membrane into a region of higher solute concentration, in the direction that tends to equalize the solute concentrations on the two sides.

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Osmosis is the net movement of water molecules from a region of higher water potential to a region of lower water potential down a water potential gradient across a partially permeable membrane. - hope this helps (:
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