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What is the difference between permeable and impermeable

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Permeable: Allowng Passage
Impermeable: Not allowing passage

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how is osmosis a form of diffusion

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Osmosis is a form of diffusion because it is driven by a concentration gradient

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what is turgor pressure

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Turgor pressure is the outward pressure that is exerted on a plant cell wall by contents when water is taken in by osmosis

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what might happen if there is only high concentration of water outside the cell

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If there is only a high concentration of water outside the cell the object can wilt/die from lack of water

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what are the two concentrations of water in osmosis

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An area with High concentration and An area with Low concentration

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how would you explain osmosis in your own words

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Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

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what does phagocytosis do

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Phagocytosis is a type of endocytosis that uses pseaduopods to move large materials and large non-dissolved solid particles into the cytoplasm from the outside environement

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what is the difference between endocytosis and exocytosis

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Endocytosis: The process by which a cell moves large materials and large non-dissolved particles into the cytoplasm from the outside environment

Exocytosis: The process by which a cell moves large materials and large non-dissolved particles from the cytoplasm into the outside environment

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What does Healthy Cells contribute to?

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Healthy cells contribute to healthy organisms

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