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Osmosis moves water (only) on a concentration gradient, from a high concentration to a low concentration.

Active trasnport is the forced movement of chemicals via particular proteins which move when TCP is near.

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What channel can help move things across the membrane?

Ion channels facilitate the movement of ions across the membrane. These protein channels create a passageway for specific ions to move down their concentration gradient, facilitating processes such as nerve signaling and muscle contractions.


Is it from high concentration to low that particles move across a membrane move?

Yes. It is called Osmosis. Particles move across the membrane in order to balance the concentration of particles on both sides of the membrane. Since the membrane tends to block the larger particles, its the smaller molecules that move, so what happens across membranes is that the motion (of say water) is from low concentration toward higher - but the result is to even the concentration on both sides of the membrane, Pure diffusion is always from higher concentration to lower.


How charged particles like Na and K move across membranes?

Charged particles like Na+ and K+ move across membranes through specialized proteins called ion channels. These channels provide a selective pathway for the ions to pass through the membrane, driven by their electrochemical gradients. This movement helps establish and maintain the electrical potential difference across the cell membrane, which is essential for various cellular processes such as nerve signaling and muscle contraction.


What is osmolarity?

Osmolarity is a measure of the concentration of solute particles in a solution. It is expressed in osmoles per liter and is used to calculate the number of particles in a solution, which influences processes like diffusion and osmosis across a semi-permeable membrane.


When will water and solutes stop moving across a membrane?

Particles in a given medium stop moving across the membrane during diffusion when a state of equilibrium is reached, that is when the number of particles on either side of the membrane equalizes.

Related Questions

What are three macromolecules that cannot diffuse across a cell membrane?

Any protein, any fat, and most polypeptides.


Which one moves faster across the cell membrane the large or the small?

Small particles move faster across the membrane.


Is passive tansport the answer to particles moving across a cell membrane without using energy?

Yes, passive transport is the process by which particles move across a cell membrane without the input of energy. This can occur through processes like diffusion and osmosis, where particles move down their concentration gradient to reach equilibrium.


What channel can help move things across the membrane?

Ion channels facilitate the movement of ions across the membrane. These protein channels create a passageway for specific ions to move down their concentration gradient, facilitating processes such as nerve signaling and muscle contractions.


What are the processes involved in moving substances across the cell membrane?

Diffusion


What motion of particles across a membrane requires energy?

Movement across a membrane that does require energy is called active transport.


What happens if the particle is too large to get across the membrane?

The cell use something called a protein channel that helps larger particles across the cell membrane.


Is it from high concentration to low that particles move across a membrane move?

Yes. It is called Osmosis. Particles move across the membrane in order to balance the concentration of particles on both sides of the membrane. Since the membrane tends to block the larger particles, its the smaller molecules that move, so what happens across membranes is that the motion (of say water) is from low concentration toward higher - but the result is to even the concentration on both sides of the membrane, Pure diffusion is always from higher concentration to lower.


Particles moving across a cell membrane without using energy?

Diffusion and Osmosis


What is the process of moving particles across the plasma membrane?

well that depends on how long or tall it is!


Describe how dissolved particles move across a plasma membrane form regions of lower to higher concentrations?

Things move across the membrane from lower to higher concentrations by active transport.


How would sugar enter a cell that has a low concentration of particles get through a cell membrane and into a cell wall?

By diffusing across the protein membrane.