Question

what is the term that referes passive movement of water into the cell?

Answer 1

Answer is Osmosis

Passive transport is a movement of ions and other atomic or molecular substances across cell membranes without need of energy input.

The four main kinds of passive transport are

• simple diffusion
• facilitated diffusion
• filtration
• osmosis.

Diffusion is the net movement of material from an area of higher concentration to an area with lower concentration.

Facilitated diffusion, also called carrier-mediated osmosis. It is the movement of molecules across the cell membrane via special transport proteins that are embedded in the plasma membrane by actively taking up or excluding ions.

Filtration is movement of water and solute molecules across the cell membrane due to hydrostatic pressure generated by the cardiovascular system.

Osmosis is the movement of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane.

Osmosis is much like simple diffusion but it specifically describes the movement of water (not the solute) across a selectively permeable membrane until there is an equal concentration of water and solute on both sides of the membrane.