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membrane Transport
The key vocabulary that deals with transport through the cell membrane.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Active Transport | moving items from low concentration to high concentration using ENERGY |
| Passive Transport | moving items from high concentration to low concentration NOT USING ANY ENERGY. |
| Diffusion | Movement of molecules across a cell membrane from high concentration to low concentration using NO ENERGY |
| Osmosis | movement of WATER across a cell membrane from high concentration to low concentration using NO ENERGY |
| Cell Membrane | cell organelle made of a bi-lipid layer, embedded proteins, and receptors that controls what moves in and out of a cell and communicates with other cells. |
| Receptor Molecule | found on the outside of a cell membrane and is used to send/receive message with other cells. |