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Selectively permeable
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Which means that some substances can cross the membrane while others cannot.
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Passive Transport
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The movement of dissolved materials across a cell membrane without using the cell's energy.
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Diffusion
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The Process by which molecules move from another area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
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Osmosis
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The diffusion of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane.
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Active Transport
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The movement of materials across a cell membrane using cellular energy.
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Endocytosis
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Food particles that are too large to cross the cell membrane.
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Exocytosis
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The reverse process of the cell membrane pinching off a vacuole within a cell.
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