Where is osmosis found?

Answer 1

Through a semi-permeable membrane from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration.

Osmosis is a spontaneous movement of solvent molecules through a semi-permeable membrane from lower to a region of higher solute concentration.
Osmosis tends to equalize the solute concentrations on the two sides.
Here is a video which describes how osmosis impacts onion cells placed into tap water and then into a salt water solution.

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Answer 2

Daniel Allen

Osmosis is found in various biological processes, including cellular transport, kidney function, and plant root absorption of water from the soil.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.