One of the ways a substance move in and out of a cell is called

Answer 1

Hey Areli,

You can think of the transport of material from the environment to the interior of a cell in two categories:

1. Diffusion - diffusion can further be broken down into:
2. Active Transport - requiring energy e.g., uptake of glucose in the intestines
3. Passive Transport - does not require energy e.g., water (osmosis)
4. Endocytosis - endocytosis refers to a cell "sampling" or "eating" larger material. This too can be further subdivided.
5. Pinocytosis - some cells like to sample their environment to inform behavior. This an be thought of as "drinking" a big gulp of water.
6. Phagocytosis - some cells that are programmed to destroy other cells, due so by "eating" the other cell, e.g. macrophages (human immune system)
7. Receptor-mediated Endocytosis - Some cells are designed to absorb large molecules in the environment by recognizing them first with surface receptors, and the absorbing them, e.g., clathrin-coated pits.

Let me know if this helps,

Noah Pyles