Distinguish between passive and active processes of membrane passage.
A)Passive processes do not need ATP and active processes do need ATP.
B)Passive processes do need ATP and active processes do not need ATP.
C)Passive processes only occur through impermeable membranes and active processes occur in freely permeable membranes.
D)Passive processes allow proteins to move and active processes allow lipids to move.
E)Passive processes use vesicular transport and active processes use diffusion.

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Passive processes do not require ATP as they rely on the concentration gradient to move molecules across the membrane, whereas active processes require ATP to move molecules against their concentration gradient.

Distinguish Between Passive and Active Processes of Membrane Passage