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cell membrane
where active and passive transport takes place |
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thin sheets composed of phospholipids and proteins.
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a process of passive transport, facilitated by transport proteins
substances move from area of higher concentration to area of lower concentration down their concentration gradient |
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| contains more non penetrating solute particles than the interior of the cell into a surrounding hypertonic solution by osmosis |
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| containins fewer nonpenetrating solute particles than the interior of the cell |
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| cell contains equal contration as its surrounding |
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| the movement of water through a selectively permeble membrane |
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passive transport
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moving biochemicals and atomic or molecular substances across the cell membrane. Unlike active transport, this process does not involve chemical energy. The four main kinds of
are diffusion, facilitated diffusion, filtration and osmosis. |
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| cell eating a solid object |
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| process of cell engulf some of the molecules in water |
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| membrane which allows some materials to pass through and not others |
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| the unassisted diffusion of solutes (dissolved substances) through a differentially permeable membrane |
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simple diffusion
osmosis
facilitated diffusion |
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