What Is The Difference Between Osmosis And Facilitated Diffusion

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Osmosis is the process in which a molecules move from a high concentration to a low concentration, through a semi-permeable membrane separating the two substances. The flow of the solvent stops when both solutions become equal . Osmosis is a type one of the many different types of diffusion. In this investigation we testing which solute will have concentrations equal on both sides or whether or not it will be higher or lower. The two main passive diffusion and facilitated diffusion.
• Passive movement is the movement of molecules across a semi-membrane without the help of protein channels.
• Facilitated diffusion is the flow of molecules down a concentration agent, across a membrane , but requires the help of a protein. …show more content…

Osmosis is the free movement of water molecules across a semi-permeable membrane, down a membrane. There are three different types of osmosis that affect living cells which are organic. We have hypertonic, hypotonic and isotonic.
• Hypertonic : water diffuses on the outside of the cell.
• Hypotonic: water diffuses on the inside if the cell causing it to swell with water and to sometimes even burst.
• Isotonic: concentration doesn’t increase or decrease in the inside or outside because the water molecules move freely in and out the

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