Cellular Transport Review

Front

What is the term for the concentration of solutes being equal on both sides of the membrane?

Back

Equilibrium

Front

Which type of transport allows large, charged or polar molecules to pass through integral proteins?

Back

Facilitated diffusion

Front

If the dots represent sugar, what direction will the water flow?

Back

Into the cell

Front

What are 3 types of active transport?

Back

Ion Pump, Endocytosis, Exocytosis

Front

Which type of transport requires energy?

Back

Active transport

Front

What is passive transport?

Back

The movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of energy, following the concentration gradient.

Front

Define osmosis.

Back

The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane.

Front

What is the concentration gradient?

Back

The difference in concentration of a substance across a space.

Front

What is active transport?

Back

The movement of substances against their concentration gradient, requiring energy.

Front

What is endocytosis?

Back

The process by which cells take in substances by engulfing them in a membrane.