Movement of Substances Across a Plasma Membrane in Living Organisms

What you need to learn in this topic

1. Explain by using examples the process of passive transport in organisms
2. Explain by using examples the process of active transport in organisms
3. Define the: (i) hypotonic solution, (ii) hypertonic solution, (iii) isotonic solution
4. Design an experiment to study the effects of different concentrations of solution on animal and plant cells
5. Communicate about the effect of hypotonic, hypertonic and isotonic solutions on cell based on the movement of water molecules: (i) animal cell, (ii) plant cell