Moving Cellular Material

The diffusion of water molecules through a membrane

• Osmosis

• Concentration

• Diffusion

• Carrier protein

The amount of something per unit of volume

• Concentration

• Diffusion

• Carrier protein

• Facilitated diffusion

The movement of substances from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration

• Diffusion

• Carrier protein

• Facilitated diffusion

• Endocytosis

Type of transport protein that carries large molecules such as glucose through the cell membrane

• Carrier protein

• Facilitated diffusion

• Endocytosis

• Active transport

The process by which molecules pass through the cell membrane

• Carrier protein

• Facilitated diffusion

• Endocytosis

• Active transport

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

The process during which a cell takes in a substance by surrounding it with the cell membrane.

• Endocytosis

• Active transport

• Exocytosis

• Passive transport

The movement of substances through a cell membrane by using the cell's energy

• Active transport

• Exocytosis

• Passive transport

• Channel protein

The process during which a cell's vesicles release their contents outside the cell

• Exocytosis

• Passive transport

• Channel protein

• Osmosis

The movement of substances through a cell membrane without using the cell's energy

• Passive transport

• Channel protein

• Osmosis

• Concentration

Type of transport protein that forms pores (small tunnels) through the membrane, allowing small charged particles (such as Na+ and K+) to pass through

• Channel protein

• Osmosis

• Concentration

• Diffusion