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Give differences between active transport and osmosis.

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Active TransportOsmosis
Active transport is the passage of a substance from its lower to higher concentration through a living cell membrane using energy from the cell.Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from their region of higher concentration to their region of lower concentration through a semi permeable membrane
There is expenditure of energy.There is no expenditure of energy.
Occurs only when cell membrane is involved.Occurs when any semipermeable membrane like cell membrane or cellophane is involved.
It occurs against concentration gradient.It occurs along the concentration gradient.

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