Active Transport

• Secondary active transport is a type of active transport that uses the energy stored in the electrochemical gradient of one molecule to drive the transport of another molecule against its concentration gradient.
• Active Transport is the movement of particles from a low to a high area of concentration
• Moves against the concentration gradient
• Energy is required for Active Transport
• The process that releases the energy needed for Active Transport is respiration (in form of ATP)
• The name of the structure that carries molecules across the cell membranes during Active Transport is a protein carrier
• Root hairs take in minerals and water
• Epithelial cells carry out active transport