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Answer:

To achieve Equilibrium of solute/solvent concentrations

Explanation:

Diffusion of water, known as osmosis, occurs to maintain equilibrium. Your body constantly wants to be in a balanced state also known as homeostasis or equilibrium and it achieves this using many different mechanisms. For example, your cells have Potassium Sodium pumps that are responsible for transporting sodium and potassium ions across the cell membrane. When there is more sodium inside the cell than outside, they cell pumps sodium out. If there is more potassium outside than inside the cell pumps potassium in all to maintain an equilibrium.

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Diffusion of water happens when there are dissolved particles on one side of a membrane but not on the other - due to the concentration gradient that is caused by the random movement of the molecules.

Passive movements are those processes that do not require any additional energy to the movement of particles, they only depend on the concentration gradient.

  • Osmosis is defined as the movement of water molecules through a selectively permeable or semi-permeable membrane from the region of lower concentration to the region of higher concentration.
  • In a solution of different concentrations, a diffusion gradient which is known as concentration gradient exists between the water molecules in the two solutions.  

Thus, due to the concentration gradient that is caused by the random movement of the molecules.  

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