Cellular Transport Flashcards
Two types of cellular transport:
Passive and Active Transport
A diffusion of a substance across a membrane with “No energy investment”.
Passive Transport
CO2, H2O and O2 easily diffuse across plasma membranes.
Passive Transport
Move from HIGH TO LOW concentration (concentration gradient)
Passive Transport
Can be Diffusion, Facilitated Diffusion, Osmosis
Passive Transport
Is the tendency for molecules of any substance to “ Spread out evenly” into available space.
Diffusion
Is a type of passive Transport aided by “transport proteins”.
Facilitated Diffusion
Is the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane (diffusion of water).
Osmosis
Transport proteins speed the movement of molecules across the plasma membrane
Facilitated Diffusion
Is affected by the concentration gradient of dissolved substances called the solutions tonicity.
Osmosis
Kinds of osmosis:
Hypotonic solution
Isotonic solution
Hypertonic solution
The concentration of solutes outside the cell is LOWER than the inside the cell.
Hypotonic solution
Water comes inside the cell.
Hypotonic solution
Clue: Turgid pressure
Hypotonic solution
The pressure exerting on the plasma membrane against the cell wall. ( Swell, Burst, Lysed)
Turgid pressure
The concentration of solutes outside the cell is the same as it is inside the cell.
Isotonic solution
There will be NO NET MOVEMENT OF WATER.
Isotonic solution
The concentration of solutes outside the cell is GREATER than the inside of the cell.
Hypertonic solution
Water goes outside the cell.
Hypertonic solution
Clues: Plasmolysis, Shrink, Shivel, Dehydrated
Hypertonic solution
Uses energy to move solutes against their concentration gradient.
Active Transport
Requires Energy, usually ATP.
Active Transport
Example: Ion pumps, contransport, bulk transport (exocytosis, endocytosis)
Active Transport
What is the organization of cell from biggest to smallest.
Chromosome ➡️ DNA➡️Gene➡️Codon➡️ Nucleotide (smallest of all)