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    Simple diffusion is the process by which small, nonpolar molecules like oxygen and carbon dioxide pass through the phospholipid bilayer of a cell membrane from areas of high concentration to low concentration without the aid of membrane proteins. The rate of diffusion is directly proportional to the concentration gradient and membrane permeability. Simple diffusion will cease once equilibrium is reached between the concentrations on both sides of the membrane.

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    Simple diffusion is the process by which small, nonpolar molecules like oxygen and carbon dioxide pass through the phospholipid bilayer of a cell membrane from areas of high concentration to low concentration without the aid of membrane proteins. The rate of diffusion is directly proportional to the concentration gradient and membrane permeability. Simple diffusion will cease once equilibrium is reached between the concentrations on both sides of the membrane.

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    Simple diffusion is the process by which small, nonpolar molecules like oxygen and carbon dioxide pass through the phospholipid bilayer of a cell membrane from areas of high concentration to low concentration without the aid of membrane proteins. The rate of diffusion is directly proportional to the concentration gradient and membrane permeability. Simple diffusion will cease once equilibrium is reached between the concentrations on both sides of the membrane.

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    SIMPLE DIFFUSION
    BY : GROUP 1
    SIMPLE DIFFUSION
    A process that transports molecules
    from a region of high to lower
    concentration without the aid of
    membrane proteins.
    THINGS TO KNOW:

    Rate of diffusion is
    Only small molecules
    directly proportional to It occurs through the
    and non-polar
    the concentration phospholipid bilayer of
    molecules are
    gradient and the cell membrane and
    transported (E.g.
    membrane Oxygen and Carbon in a solution.
    permeability of the dioxide).
    solute molecule.
    Movement of particles from high to low concentration
    without a problem
    ———
    HIGH SOLUTE CONCENTRATION →

    PLASMA MEMBRANE →

    LOW SOLUTE CONCENTRATION →


    ———
    CONCENTRATION GRADIENT
    The difference in the
    concentration of a substance
    between two areas
    Simple diffusion ceases when the equilibrium is reached.

    Once both sides of the membrane have an equal


    concentration of the substance, diffusion will stop.
    :
    THAT WOULD BE ALL
    THANK YOU!

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