Q. When molecules move from regions where their concentration is high to regions where their concentration is low they are moving?
Diffusion is the net movement of a substance (liquid or gas) from an area of higher concentration to one of lower concentration. You are on a large (10 ft x 10 ft x10 ft) elevator.
Q. What is the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?
Diffusion is the net movement of molecules from an area where they are at a higher concentration to areas where they are at a lower concentration. This is due to the random movement of the molecules. The difference in the concentration of a substance between two areas is called the concentration gradient .
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- Q. When molecules move from regions where their concentration is high to regions where their concentration is low they are moving?
- Q. What is the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?
- Q. What is it called when a substance moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration until the concentration is equal across the space?
- Q. When molecules move down the concentration gradient it means they are moving from?
- Q. Why is low concentration high?
- Q. What is the major difference between active and passive transport?
- Q. What is facilitated diffusion is it active or passive cite two examples?
- Q. What is the difference between passive transport and facilitated transport?
- Q. How is facilitated diffusion different from other passive transport processes?
- Q. What are two variables that affect the rate of diffusion?
- Q. Which of the following best describes diffusion?
- Q. Which statement describes how diffusion works?
- Q. Which of the following is a description of diffusion?
- Q. Which best describes the difference between osmosis and diffusion?
Q. What is it called when a substance moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration until the concentration is equal across the space?
Diffusion is a passive process of transport (see Figure 2). A single substance tends to move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration until the concentration is equal across a space. You are familiar with diffusion of substances through the air.
Q. When molecules move down the concentration gradient it means they are moving from?
A concentration gradient occurs when the concentration of particles is higher in one area than another. In passive transport, particles will diffuse down a concentration gradient, from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration, until they are evenly spaced.
Q. Why is low concentration high?
yes, so when the concentration of a solute is high, the concentration of water is lowered since there is more solute per water, less water per solute. Thus, when water moves from low concentrations of solute to high concentrations of solute, it moves from high concentrations of water to low concentrations of water.
Q. What is the major difference between active and passive transport?
There are two major ways that molecules can be moved across a membrane, and the distinction has to do with whether or not cell energy is used. Passive mechanisms like diffusion use no energy, while active transport requires energy to get done.
Q. What is facilitated diffusion is it active or passive cite two examples?
Facilitated diffusion is diffusion along transport proteins. It is passive. Examples are aquaporins and neurotransmitters.
Q. What is the difference between passive transport and facilitated transport?
Passive transport moves across a concentration gradient, or a gradual difference in solute concentration between two areas. Facilitated diffusion is diffusion using carrier or channel proteins in the cell membrane that assist in the movement of molecules across a concentration gradient.
Q. How is facilitated diffusion different from other passive transport processes?
Facilitated transport is a type of passive transport. Unlike simple diffusion where materials pass through a membrane without the help of proteins, in facilitated transport, also called facilitated diffusion, materials diffuse across the plasma membrane with the help of membrane proteins.
Q. What are two variables that affect the rate of diffusion?
The two variables affecting the rate of diffusion are the concentration gradient and size of the molecule.
Q. Which of the following best describes diffusion?
Diffusion is the movement of molecules from an area of lower concentration to one of higher concentration by random molecular motion. Diffusion is the movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to one of lower concentration caused by an input of energy to the system.
Q. Which statement describes how diffusion works?
Answer: Molecules always move from areas of high concentration to low concentration.
Q. Which of the following is a description of diffusion?
Diffusion is the spreading of the particles of a gas, or of any substance in solution, resulting in a net movement from a region where they are of a higher concentration to a region with a lower concentration. To get into or out of cells, dissolved substances have to cross the cell membranes by diffusion.
Q. Which best describes the difference between osmosis and diffusion?
In diffusion, particles move from an area of higher concentration to one of lower concentration until equilibrium is reached. In osmosis, a semipermeable membrane is present, so only the solvent molecules are free to move to equalize concentration.