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Active transport requires energy. Energy is released as a result of respiration, and respiration takes place in mitochondria. So major sites of active transport, such as kidney nephrons and villi in the small intestine need relatively large number of these organelles.

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Which organelle has a semi permeable membrane and separates the cell from it's environment?

The cell membrane (or plasma membrane) shows semi-permeability. In short some substances, such as gases and small electrically-neutral molecules CAN pass, while others like glucose and other large polar molecules CANNOT pass. Although glucose and other large polar molecules cannot pass through the semi-permeable cell membrane, they may enter through the interior of transport proteins.


What is a membrane bound organelle plant cells?

Mitochondria and Chloroplasts, this is to do with the endosymbiotic theory.


What organelle is needed to break glucose in cellular respiration?

The mitochondria is the organelle responsible for breaking down glucose in cellular respiration to produce energy in the form of ATP.


The cell uses energy to transport glucose through the cell membrane?

Glucose moves across the cell membrane through facilitated diffusion. This type of transport uses protein carriers to assist glucose molecules across the cell membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.


Why does glucose pass through the membrane faster then mannose and galactose?

Glucose passes through the membrane faster than mannose and galactose because glucose is the primary energy source for many cells and is recognized and transported more efficiently by glucose transporters present on the cell membrane. Mannose and galactose have different transporter proteins with lower affinity and therefore pass through the membrane at a slower rate.

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What double membrane organelle makes glucose?

mitochondria


There is a need for glucose inside a cell but the glucose molecule is too large to pass through the cell membrane. How does the cell solve this problem?

It transports the glucose through transport proteins.


What organelle transports energy through respiration?

Mitochondria is the organelle responsible for generating energy through the process of cellular respiration. This process involves breaking down glucose to produce ATP, the main energy currency of the cell.


There is a need for glucose inside a cell but the glucose molecule is too large to pass through the cell membrane How does the cell solve this problem?

The cell solves this problem by using transport proteins called glucose transporters. These transporters serve as gateways in the cell membrane, allowing glucose molecules to pass through into the cell. This process is facilitated by protein channels that specifically recognize and transport glucose molecules.


What organelle is responsible for conserving ATP in aerobic respiration?

In all cells, there are membrane enclosed organelles called Mitochondria, which produce ATP and glucose.


What organelle uses glucose?

Mitochondria


What transports form of cabohydrates?

Carbohydrates are transported throughout the body in the form of glucose. Glucose is carried in the blood by two main methods:Simple Diffusion: This is when glucose molecules move along their concentration gradient meaning they move from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration.Active Transport: This is when glucose is actively transported across the cell membrane from areas of low concentration to areas of high concentration with the help of special proteins called transporters.These two methods of glucose transportation are essential for the body to maintain its proper functioning as glucose is the primary source of energy for all cells in the body.


What organelle is part of selectively permeable?

It is based on the structure of the cell membrane, which has proteins and lipids in it that make some substances impermeable to the membrane, often based on slight electrical charges and sometimes by size of the molecule or other chemical properties. Some substances require an enzyme or hormone to cross the barrier of the cell membrane, such as binding sites on cell membranes that will not allow glucose into the cell unless insulin binds with the sites, which forms a chemical bridge to allow glucose molecules to pass through the cell membrane into the cell. Without the insulin, the cell membrane is impermeable to glucose.


What cell organelle makes glucose?

sperm


Which organelle has a semi permeable membrane and separates the cell from it's environment?

The cell membrane (or plasma membrane) shows semi-permeability. In short some substances, such as gases and small electrically-neutral molecules CAN pass, while others like glucose and other large polar molecules CANNOT pass. Although glucose and other large polar molecules cannot pass through the semi-permeable cell membrane, they may enter through the interior of transport proteins.


What is a membrane bound organelle plant cells?

Mitochondria and Chloroplasts, this is to do with the endosymbiotic theory.


Why does the heart keep all your tissues alive?

the heart keeps your tissues alive because it pumps blood which transports oxygen to the cell organelle called mitochondrion which uses oxygen and glucose to make ATPs. without ATP, you will die.