AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Osmosis is defined as the process of the movement of water through a semipermeable membrane. The process by which water molecules move from high-concentration areas to low-concentration areas across the semipermeable membrane is called osmosis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Osmosis is the diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane according to the concentration gradient of water across the membrane. Whereas diffusion transports material across membranes and within cells, osmosis transports only water across a membrane and the membrane limits the diffusion of solutes in the water.

Detailed explanation-3: -Osmosis is a special type of diffusion, namely the diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane.

Detailed explanation-4: -In biology, osmosis is the movement of water molecules from a solution with a high concentration of water molecules to a solution with a lower concentration of water molecules, through a cell’s partially permeable membrane.

Detailed explanation-5: -Osmosis and diffusion are the two types of passive transport which play a vital role in moving molecules in and out of the cell.