Transport of substances

1. Transport of
Substances

2. Diffusion
Diffusion: The movement of particles from high to low
concentration. This is a passive process.

3. Osmosis
Osmosis: the diffusion of water through a membrane.

4. Active Transport
Active Transport: movement of nutrients from areas of low
concentration to high concentration that requires the use of
energy

5. Ingestion
Ingestion: taking in directly.

6. Hydrolysis
Hydrolysis: when enzymes and water are used to break larger
molecules into smaller ones.
Example: proteins will hydrolyze into amino acids.
Carbohydrates will hydrolyze into sugar.

7. Substrate
Substrate: The material on which an organism lives or moves
on provides it with nutrients.