Osmosis
Definition: Necessity for Red Pandas:
Osmosis is the movement of water with the concentration gradient. It's considered to be a type of passive transport which requires energy to move particles to and from the cell membrane.
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It is necessary for the red panda to go through osmosis because it has an important role in the distribution of nutrients and helps to release metabolic wastes including urea. Water needs to diffuse to get the molecules needed to live because many nutrients and essential molecules are dissolved in water.
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Diffusion
Definition: Necessity for Red Pandas:
Diffusion is a type of passive transport that moves molecules along the cell membrane from regions of higher concentration to a lower concentration region.
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Diffusion is important to red pandas as well as other organisms because the process is useful to movement of molecules entering into cells and the removal of waste products.
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