In Passive Diffusion, the Transported Species Moves Across the Membrane

question 15

Multiple Choice

In passive diffusion, the transported species moves across the membrane in the ____ favored direction ____.

• A) kinetically; using a transport protein
• B) kinetically; without a specific transport system/molecule
• C) thermodynamically; using a transport protein
• D) thermodynamically; without a specific transport system/molecule
• E) none of the above.

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