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Multiple Choice
Which membrane transport process requires the use of membrane proteins?
A
Facilitated diffusion
B
Filtration
C
Simple diffusion
D
Osmosis
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Identify the different types of membrane transport processes: facilitated diffusion, filtration, simple diffusion, and osmosis.
Understand that facilitated diffusion is a type of passive transport that requires the use of membrane proteins to help move substances across the cell membrane.
Recognize that membrane proteins, such as carrier proteins or channel proteins, are essential in facilitated diffusion to transport molecules that cannot directly pass through the lipid bilayer.
Differentiate facilitated diffusion from other processes: filtration involves pressure gradients, simple diffusion involves movement down a concentration gradient without proteins, and osmosis is the diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane.
Conclude that among the given options, facilitated diffusion is the process that specifically requires membrane proteins to transport substances across the cell membrane.