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Give technical terms for the following.

It occurs only through a semi-permeable membrane.


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Osmosis:

  1. The movement of a substance from a region of lower concentration of solutes to a region of higher concentration through a semi permeable membrane is called osmosis.
  2. It is a passive process, hence does not require energy.
  3. Example: a potato slice when kept in a concentrated sucrose solution shrinks due to osmosis.

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