Question

water makes up a large percentage of the body’s cells. for a cell to remain in homeostasis, there must be a mechanism to control water changes in the cells. the movement of water from an area of high water concentration to an area of low water concentration is dropdown with options: diffusion, osmosis, active transport, stable transport.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Diffusion: Movement of particles (not specific to water across a semipermeable membrane).
• Osmosis: Defined as the movement of water from high to low water concentration (or low to high solute concentration) across a semipermeable membrane, which matches the description.
• Active Transport: Requires energy and moves substances against concentration gradients, not matching water movement as described.
• Stable Transport: Not a recognized term for this type of cellular transport.

Answer:

osmosis