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Permeable if anything can go through or semipermeable if only certain things can go through it.

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What is the ability of a cell membrane to allow materials to pass through it is called?

permeability


What is the ability of a cell membrane to allow materials to pass through called?

permeability


What is the abillity of a membrane to allow materials to pass through called?

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A membrane that allows some but not all materials to pass through it is called .?

This sort of membrane is said to be semipermeable.


What is it called when an input of energy is required to move materials through a cell membrane?

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The passage of water and dissolved materials through a membrabe under pressure?

The movement of water and dissolved materials through a cell membrane is called Osmosis.


What is the movement of materials through the membrane called?

It's either diffusion, osmosis or active transport. More information is needed to answer the question fully.


The movement of materials through a cell membrane without using the cells energy?

It's called passive transport for a cell's membrane. (I checked with my science teacher)


What is the pasive transpart of water through a membrane called?

The passive transport of water through a biological membrane is called osmosis.


Why does cytoplasm need to enclosed by a semi-permeable membrane?

The cytoplasm is the body of a cell. It is surrounded by the Cell membrane. Permeable means its ability to allow particles or nutrients to pass through. It is called semi-permeable [membrane] because it only allows some particles or nutrients to pass through, not all.


What is the external boundary of cell which regulates flow of materials into and out of the cell?

It is called the cell membrane. This is in Plant and animal cells, although the plant cell has the cellulose wall as well. The cell membrane is semi permeable. Water molecules can pass easily through it through a process call osmosis (the diffusion of water molecules).