Diffusion and osmosis are both vital to cell function. diffusion and osmosis are similar in that they are both types of

Both diffusion and osmosis are types of passive transport

Diffusion: Movement of particles (except water) from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration

Osmosis: Movement of water particles (nothing else) from a region of higher water potential to a region of lower water potential

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  a. chromosomes are duplicated before cell division so that each new daughter cell has a complete set