What is the term for the diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane?

How is osmosis different from simple diffusion?

Which of the following best explains why a hypertonic solution causes a cell to shrink?

What two conditions must be present for osmosis to occur?

Which term is used exclusively to describe the movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane?

What occurs during osmosis?

Why does osmosis occur in biological systems?

How is osmosis different from diffusion?