BIOLOGY ANALOGIES

A semipermeable cell membrane may be permeable to water but impermeable to another molecule like sugar. This action may be imagined as being analogous to a chain link fence which would allow certain particles to pass through it, but would be impermeable to particles which don't have the proper size or shape to pass through the openings formed by the wire.

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