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Move needed substances or waste materials through the plasma membrane?
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transport proteins
Yazmin Sawayn
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What is the funtion of the cell membrane?
The function of the cell membrane is to allow materials that are needed into the cell and the materials that are not needed and/or a waste product are taken out of the cell.
What two chimical substances are needed for photosynthisis?
Photolysis and Carbon Fixation...
Cells are limited in size by the?
a. rate at which substances needed by the cell can enter the cell through its surface.
Why do we use semi permeability for cell membrane?
If they were not semi-permeable then small hydrophobic molecules would not be able to pass through the phospholipid bilayer and your cells would not be able to receive the certain molecules that they need in order to survive. Also it keeps out larger molecules as well as polar or charged molecules that cannot easily pass through keeping the internal gradients of molecules in check
Why cytoplasmic membrane is selective barrier rather than the cell wall?
The cystoplasmic membrane and the cell wall are made of very different substances, and this affects their permeability to certain substances. The cell wall is made of cellulose (plants) or murein (a peptidoglycon in bacteria/prokaryotic cells). These are carbohydrates. The cytoplasmic membrane is made of 2 layers of phospholipids. It has many protein channels (tunnels of protein which can allow through certain chemicals needed by the cell, eg. Na+ sodium), or proteins which carry out active transport. Therefore, the different compositions of the two give rise to their different properties.
What is the funtion of the cell membrane?
The function of the cell membrane is to allow materials that are needed into the cell and the materials that are not needed and/or a waste product are taken out of the cell.
When is active transport needed?
When large materials are being transported through the membrane
What is membrane its function?
Membranes in a cell helps in the exchange of substances in between the cytoplasm of the cell and the environment. Through this various substances such as enzymes and proteins created in the cells and oxygen needed for cellular respiration is transported and gained through the surrounding environment.
What is the movement of materials through the membrane called?
It's either diffusion, osmosis or active transport. More information is needed to answer the question fully.
Where does the materials needed by cells come from?
They cross the cell membrane from the environment.
What function is cell membrane?
A cell membrane is a selectivley permeable membrane. This means that it only lets specific materials get in and out of the cell. The cell membrane helps to let only needed materials into the cell and to get unneeded materials out of the cell. (food goes in waste comes out.)
What are the materials needed to obtain fresh water from seawater?
It will need a Reverse Osmosis membrane to filter out salts from the water.
How does the plasma membrane maintain homeostasis?
The Plasma membrane maintains the homeostasis throughout a cell because it filters what substances go in and out of the cell. If there is too much of a substance in a cell the plasma membrane quickly disposes it and when there is not enough of a substance in a cell the plasma membrane lets the substance in.The plasma membrane uses selective permeability to maintain homeostasis in a cell by eliminating wastes and taking in needed items.
What two chimical substances are needed for photosynthisis?
Photolysis and Carbon Fixation...
What is the function of protein channels?
Channel proteins take specific substances across cell membranes. Molecules passing through the membrane by channel protein is called mediated transport. To transport the substances, the channel protein must be embedded in the total cell membrane.
Are substances transfered in or out of the cells?
Both, animal and plant cells have a cell membrane. It is semi permeable. This means it only lets certain things in and certain things out. For instance, oxygen or H20 ( water ) need to go in to a cell. The cell membrane allows these to go in as they are needed and they are the right "size". But through osmosis( google it if you are unsure what it is ) water may move out of a cell. To answer your question substances travel in and out of cells.
Cells are limited in size by the?
a. rate at which substances needed by the cell can enter the cell through its surface.
