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active transport is different from diffusion.

active transport has to do with the movement of chemical substance through a gradient of concentration.

diffusion has to do with requiring the expenditure of energy

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In what ways are active transport and facilitated diffusion similar?

Active transport and facilitated diffusion are similar in that they both involve the movement of molecules across a cell membrane, but they differ in that active transport requires energy input from the cell, while facilitated diffusion does not.


What is it called when materials move from lower to higher concentration?

Specifically Diffusion, but it is also active transport


What are three ways molecules can cross the cell membrane?

Molecules can cross the cell membrane through simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion via transporter proteins, and active transport using energy to move molecules against their concentration gradient.


All transport through the cell membrane can be classified as?

passive or active transport. Passive transport does not require energy input and includes processes like diffusion and facilitated diffusion. Active transport requires energy input and includes processes like primary active transport and secondary active transport.


What 3 ways can substances enter and leave a cell?

Substances can move in and out of a cell in several ways. Diffusion is when a substance will distribute itself in or out of a cell until the distribution on both sides of the cell is balanced. Active transport is when a cell transports a substance across the cell membrane that would not normally be able to pass through. Osmosis is the movement of water from areas with few dissolved dissolved substances to areas with high dissolved substances.

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How is active transport different than simple and facilitated diffusion?

simple and facilitated diffusion don't require energy and are forms of passive transport. Active transport requires energy


What is the way the active transport differs from diffusion?

Active transport uses energy while diffusion does not


Is diffusion through ion channels a form of active transport?

Facilitated diffusion, or diffusion through ion channels, is not a form of active transport. It is a spontaneous passive transport.


Are osmotically active substances simple diffusion or active transport?

simple diffusion.


What are the different kind of cell transfort?

Active transport Passive transport (diffusion and transport using protein channels) Receptor mediated transport


What are Vesicle mediated transport is a type of?

facilitated diffusion, secondary active transport and active transport


Is diffusion an example of active transport or passive transport?

Diffusion is an example of passive transport, like osmosis(the diffusion of water through a membrane).


How is the active transport different from diffusion?

The main difference is that diffusion does not require energy and active transport does require energy. Just for the record diffusion has a concentration that moves from high to low, and active transport has a concentration that moves from low to high. (Hope this helps to answer your question!)


What is the main way that active transport differs diffusion?

ATP is required for active transport.


Is diffusion and osmosis both active transport?

no they are passive transport


Is facilitated diffusion active?

No. Facilitated diffusion is a type of passive transport.


The different between passive transport and active transport?

Active transport requires energy; passive transport does not.