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This document discusses active transport, which requires energy to move particles against a concentration gradient through a semi-permeable membrane. Active transport uses carrier proteins in the membrane and energy from respiration to pump particles from an area of low concentration to high concentration. This is different from both diffusion, where particles move down a concentration gradient without energy, and osmosis, where water moves down a concentration gradient through a partially permeable membran
- Author
- Cosette
- Language
- EN