What is the difference between osmosis and diffusions?

1. Diffusion uses energy, but osmosis does not

2. osmosis is movement of proteins, and diffusion is movement of water

3. osmosis is a kind of diffusion that involves movement of water

4. diffusion only occurs in animal cells, and osmosis only occurs in plants

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Melissa Mcdowell

Biology

8 April, 00:15

What is the difference between osmosis and diffusions?

1. Diffusion uses energy, but osmosis does not

2. osmosis is movement of proteins, and diffusion is movement of water

3. osmosis is a kind of diffusion that involves movement of water

4. diffusion only occurs in animal cells, and osmosis only occurs in plants

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Zachariah Harris · Answer 1

The main difference that exists between the 2 processes would be option 3. Osmosis is the net movement of water molecules from one environment to the other, so that the molecules of water from a region of low solute concentration to high solute concentration.