If the sugar concentration in a cell is 3% and the concentration in the cell’s environment is 5%, how can the cell obtain more sugar? {Hint: Sugar is polar and does not pass through the cell membrane easily.} Select one:
a. Sugar can undergo facilitated diffusion through a channel protein, and no energy is required.
b. The cell must use active transport to pump the sugar in. Energy is required.
c. Sugar can diffuse straight through the phospholipid bilayer.
d. The cell CANNOT obtain more sugar. It is doomed.

The cell can obtain more sugar when the sugar undergo facilitated diffusion through a channel protein, and no energy is required.

FACILITATED DIFFUSION:

Facilitated diffusion is the process whereby molecules move across a cell through the help of carrier/channel proteins. Facilitated diffusion is a type of passive transport and hence, does not require energy to occur. This is because movement occurs down a concentration gradient (high to low). According to this question, the sugar concentration in a cell is 3% and the concentration in the cell’s environment is 5%. This means that the sugar can travel down a concentration gradient across the cell membrane. However, because sugar is a polar molecule and does not pass through the cell membrane easily, a carrier proteins is needed to aid its movement. Therefore, the cell can obtain more sugar when the sugar undergo facilitated diffusion through a channel protein, and no energy is required.

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The correct answer is A) Sugar can undergo facilitated diffusion through a channel protein, and no enlever his required.
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