Simple diffusion is ____________ movement of water down concentration gradient using a protein channel movement of materials against their concentration gradient movement of one substance against, and one substance down their concentration gradients movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration using no protein channels movement of materials down their concentration gradient using a protein channel

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Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)

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Simple diffusion is ____________

		movement of water down concentration gradient using a protein channel
		movement of materials against their concentration gradient
		movement of one substance against, and one substance down their concentration gradients
		movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration using no protein channels
		movement of materials down their concentration gradient using a protein channel

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Introduction

Diffusion is very important process in all living organisms. The rate of diffusion depends on many factors like temperature, interactions between molecules, size of the molecules etc. Diffusion is of 2 types, simple diffusion and facilitated diffusion.