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Osmosis is the net movement of water molecules from a high water potential to a low water potential through a semi-permeable membrane. It is different from diffusion as it is through a semi-permeable memb...

cell wall, vacoule, chloroplasts 

The one definition of osmosis is 'The movement of water from a high concentration to a low concentration, down it's concentration gradient, across a partially permible membrane, until osmotic pressue is e...

Cells are the micro building blocks of all living organisms, and though there are many different kinds allowing us to have many different functions, we will focus on the basic ones associated with animals...

1 - Fertilisers (eg NPK) used in agriculture are washed into local water sources such as rivers and lakes by rainwater/surface run off

2 - These nutrients enable algae to grow, leadin...