channel-mediated diffusion

Question 1

channel-mediated diffusion

what are some materials which pass through membrane proteins (channels)?

Answer 1

• water soluble compounds

* ions

Question 2

even though a channel is required, this is still what type of process?

Answer 2

a passive process

Question 3

carrier-mediated transports of what? is it still passive?

Answer 3

ions and organic substrates into or out of the cell down their concentration gradient.

it is still passive

Question 4

what can carrier-mediated facilitated diffusion also be called?

Answer 4

passive carrier-mediated transport

Question 5

if energy us required to move something in or out of the cell using a carrier protein, what is it called?

Answer 5

active transport

Question 6

what is passive transport with a carrier?

Answer 6

facilitated diffusion