Passive transport across a membrane refers to

a. transport into the interior of a cell.
b. transport out of a cell.
c. transport in the energetically favorable direction.
d. simple diffusion across membranes, without the help of proteins such as channels or carriers.


Ans: c. transport in the energetically favorable direction.

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