In winter the leaves of chaparral shrubs

Chaparral biome is characterized by evergreen shrubs. They leaves are hard and they do not turn red or orange and eventually fall off in the autumn. So, in the winter, these shrubs leaves will remain green.

maybe because its impossible for balloons to lift a whole entire house.

passive transport is a movement of biochemicals and other atomic or molecular substances across cell membranes without need of energy input. unlike active transport, it does not require an input of cellular energy because it is instead driven by the tendency of the system to grow in entropy.

so, according to what that says, i believe it's hypertonic and hypotonic.

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