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Compare and contrast passive transport with active transport. Please have them in bulletpoints. Don't need to have full sentences.

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Answer:

both

  • both are systems that move water nutrients into cells and remove waste

passive

  • movement of molecules DOWN the concentration gradient ( no cellular energy needed)
  • maintains an equal balance between water, gases, nutrients,
  • etc...

active transport

  • uses ATP to pump molecules UP the concentration gradient ( requires cellular energy)  
  • moves molecules through the cell membrane against the concentration gradient
  • disrupts the equal balance made by diffusion