During the process of ________, water diffuses across a semipermeable membrane from an area where water is more concentrated to an area where water is less concentrated (it moves along the water concentration gradient).
a. osmosis
c. facilitated diffusion
b. simple diffusion
d. pinocytosis
Ans: a. osmosis
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