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Cell Transport and H
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Passive transport | occurs when substances cross the plasma membrane without any input of energy from the cell. |
| Diffusion | is the movement of a substance across a membrane, due to a difference in concentration, without any help from other molecules. |
| Osmosis | a special type of diffusion — the diffusion of water molecules across a membrane. |
| transport proteins. | protein in a plasma membrane that helps other substances cross the membrane |
| facilitated diffusion. | diffusion with the help of transport proteins |
| Active transport | occurs when energy is needed for a substance to move across a plasma membrane. |
| sodium-potassium pump. | type of active transport in which sodium ions are pumped out of the cell and potassium ions are pumped into the cell with the help of a carrier protein and energy from ATP |
| vesicle transport. | Very large molecules cross the plasma membrane with a different sort of help, |
| Endocytosis | type of vesicle transport that moves substances into a cell |
| Exocytosis | type of vesicle transport that moves substances out of a cell |