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What is membrane facilitated transport?
Facilitated transport is a type of passive transport. Unlike simple diffusion where materials pass through a membrane without the help of proteins, in facilitated transport, also called facilitated diffusion, materials diffuse across the plasma membrane with the help of membrane proteins.
What is diffusion chemistry?
Diffusion is the movement of a substance from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration . Diffusion occurs in liquids and gases when their particles collide randomly and spread out. Diffusion is an important process for living things – it is how substances move in and out of cells.
How is water transported across a semi permeable membrane?
Semipermeable membranes, also termed selectively permeable membranes or partially permeable membranes, allow certain molecules or ions to pass through by diffusion. While diffusion transports materials across membranes and within cells, osmosis transports only water across a membrane.
How does active transport keep the membrane active?
Explain the “active” in active transport. A. Transporting things around the cells keeps the parts of the plant in good working order, ready for action B. Energy is required to move things across a membrane. C. Large quantities of a few substances need to move around, so they keep the membranes active.
When do plants expend energy to move substances across a membrane?
B. Energy is required to move things across a membrane. C. Large quantities of a few substances need to move around, so they keep the membranes active. B. Energy is required to move things across a membrane. What is it called when plants expend energy to move substances across a membrane?
How are molecules transported across the plasma membrane?
Facilitated diffusion is a process by which molecules are transported across the plasma membrane with the help of membrane proteins. A concentration gradient exists that would allow ions and polar molecules to diffuse into the cell, but these materials are repelled by the hydrophobic parts of the cell membrane.