Biology GCSE
Osmosis and cell function
What Osmosis and cell function means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Water moves into or out of cells by osmosis across the partially permeable cell membrane, and if cells lose or gain too much water they do not function efficiently.
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