Biology: Life on Earth
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321729712
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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Chapter 5, Problem 5FTB
After each molecule, place the two-word term that most specifically describes the process by which it moves through a plasma membrane. Carbon dioxide: ____; ethyl alcohol: ____; a sodium ion: ____;glucose: ____.
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