Which of the Following Is a Unique Characteristic of Active

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a unique characteristic of active transport?

• A)transport of hydrophobic molecules
• B)absolute requirement for ATP hydrolysis and light energy,or ion gradient energy will not work
• C)transport of a molecule or ion across a membrane,with the species going from a greater concentration to a lesser concentration
• D)the tight coupling of an input of energy to drive a thermodynamically unfavourable reaction

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Definitions:

Retroactive Amnesia

A type of amnesia where an individual loses memories for events that occurred before a certain event, often a traumatic one, making it difficult to remember past information.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory-access to events that occurred, or information that was learned, before an injury or the onset of a disease.

Prefrontal Lobe

A part of the frontal lobes of the brain involved in decision making, social behavior, and personality expression.

Hippocampus

A major component of the brains of humans and other vertebrates, involved in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and spatial navigation.