Simple Diffusion and

Facilitated Transport
 Diffusion
- Diffusion describes the natural
tendency of concentrated particles to
spread out. For example, tea from a
teabag spreads throughout a cup,
odors from food quickly disperse
throughout the room, and air pollutants
spread throughout the atmosphere.
- Diffusion occurs from areas of high
concentration to low concentration
of a specific molecule, ion, or atom.
 Two Types of Simple
Diffusion

• Simple Diffusion
• Facilitated Diffusion
Simple Diffusion
- is the process by which molecules,
atoms, or ions diffuse directly through
a semipermeable membrane down
their concentration gradient without the
assistance of transporter proteins. A
semipermeable membrane is a
membrane that allows certain
molecules, atoms, or ions through
while blocking others.
- Is a passive transport
Facilitated Diffusion
- is the process of moving molecules
from high to low concentration
across a membrane by using a
protein channel in the membrane.
- Facilitated diffusion does not use
energy but relies on a protein to
facilitate movement.
- Passive diffusion
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