Sustainable Development Means Pursuing Activities That Meet Current Needs, but Which

question 50

True/False

Sustainable development means pursuing activities that meet current needs, but which will not put future generations at a disadvantage when they attempt to meet their needs.

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Definitions:

Concentration Gradient

The gradual change in the concentration of solutes in a solution as a function of distance through a solution.

Active Transport

Energy-requiring mechanism in which a transport protein pumps a solute across a cell membrane against the solute’s concentration gradient.

Transport Protein

Protein that moves specific ions or molecules across a cell membrane.

Solute

A dissolved substance.