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What Is Diffusion

Diffusion is the net passive movement of particles from a region in which they are in higher concentration to regions of lower concentration.

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What Is Diffusion

Diffusion is the net passive movement of particles from a region in which they are in higher concentration to regions of lower concentration.

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What is Diffusion?

Diffusion

Diffusion is the net


passive movement of
particles from a region in
which they are in higher
concentration to regions
of lower concentration.
Some major examples of
diffusion in Biology:

Gas exchange at the alveoli


Gas exchange for photosynthesis
Gas exchange for respiration
Transfer of transmitter substance
Osmosis
Facilitated Diffusion

This is the movement of


specific molecules down
a concentration gradient,
passing through the
membrane via a specific
carrier protein.
Osmosis

A special example of
diffusion. It is the diffusion
of water through a partially
permeable membrane from
a more dilute solution to a
more concentrated solution
– down the water potential
gradient).

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