Introduction**
- Key Idea: Living things are composed of five essential molecules - water, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
Important Properties of Water**
- Liquid at Room Temperature: Water remains liquid under typical conditions and is a medium within cells and for aquatic life.
Universal Solvent: Water's ability to dissolve many substances makes it a universal solvent.
Term used for a double membrane:
Carriers and Channels are made of:
A different in concentration is also known as a:
Equation for Ficks Law:
Definition of Water Potential:
Maximum water potential:
Is Facilitated diffusion passive and why?
Is active transport passive and why?
Properties of molecules transported across bilayer:
Role of Glycoproteins:
In terms of water potential, describe the direction of movement of water:
Process by which water moves:
What do Carrier proteins do during active transport:
What does the term 'net' mean:
Function of plasma membranes: