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Materials move into and out of cells through active transport, diffusion, and osmosis.

Active transport occurs when the cell must use energy to actively move the materials up (against) their concentration gradient.

Diffusion is passive. This means the cell need not expend energy, the material simply moves from an area of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration. (For example, cook bacon in the kitchen and the smell fills the entire house.)

Oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse across the phospholipid bilayer. Other substances diffuse through proteins embedded in the membrane; this is called facilitated diffusion.

Osmosis is the movement of water through a semi-permeable membrane (also called a selectively permeable or differentially permeable membrane), into the solution with the higher solute concentration. This is also a passive process.

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