biology gce o ’ level revision program. cells and osmosis:

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Cells and Osmosis:

Turgid Plants are erect, while flaccid ones wilt

Animal cell in solutions

“Active Transport”“The movement of particle from an area

of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration by using energy.”

Active transport is involved in a number of processes occurring within an organism

This includes the absorption of: Dissolved mineral salts by the root hairs, Glucose and amino acids by cells in the

small intestine of humans by villiFig. 2.4 Active transport-molecules diffuse against the concentration gradient from B to A.

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