PASSIVE TRANSPORT

from the Greek words for "same" and "steady," refers to any process that living things use to actively maintain fairly stable conditions necessary for survival.

• CELL MEMBRANE

• PASSIVE TRANSPORT

• ACTIVE TRANSPORT

• HOMEOSTASIS

WATER LOVING

• HYDROPHILIC

• HYDROPHOBIC

• HYDROGEN

• HYDROXYL

WATER FEARING

• HYDROPHILIC

• HYDROPHOBIC

• HYDROGEN

• HYDROXYL

the net movement of particles is from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration.

• DIFFUSION

• FACILLITATED DIFFUSION

• OSMOSIS

• HYDROPHILIC

These proteins serve as carriers that allow some molecules and ions to pass through the plasma membrane into the cell.

(a)  

water moves from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration of water molecules.

(a)  

the concentration of solutes and water outside the cell is the same as that inside a cell.

(a)  

The concentration of solutes is lower and water concentration is higher outside compared to the inside the cell.

(a)  

the concentration of solutes is higher and the concentration of water is lower outside the cell

(a)  

We call the shrinkage of cell due to the loss of water as (a)