What is osmosis?

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(B) Osmosis is defined as the movement of solvent molecules (typically water) from a region of their higher concentration to a region of their lower c

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The movement of solvent from a region of its high concentration to a region of its low concentration through a semipermeable membrane.

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(B) Osmosis is defined as the movement of solvent molecules (typically water) from a region of their higher concentration to a region of their lower concentration through a semipermeable membrane.During this process,water molecules are free to move across the plasma membrane in both directions,but the net movement occurs from the region of higher water concentration to the region of lower water concentration.

< strong>Prokaryotic Cell	< strong>Eukaryotic Cell
$1.$ Size: generally small $(1-10 \,\mu m)$ $1 \,\mu m = 10^{-6} \,m$	$1.$ Size: generally large $(5-100 \,\mu m)$
$2.$ Nuclear region: ................... and ...............	$2.$ Nuclear region: well defined and surrounded by a nuclear membrane
$3.$ Chromosome: single	$3.$ More than one chromosome
$4.$ Membrane-bound cell organelles absent	$4.$ .........................

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