Formulate a prediction explaining how a cell may be affected if it does not undergo
cellular transport. (A prediction is in the “If... , then..." format)

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If a cell is unable to undergo cellular transport, then the cell will inevitably die.

Cellular transport can be summarized as a series of processes and methods used by cells to transport ions, smaller molecules, and macromolecules like proteins, from one side of the membrane to the other. This can be divided on a large scale into:

  1. Active transport
  2. Passive transport

based on whether or not the cell in question needs to invest energy for the transport to happen. Each of these then have many subdivisions to account for the numerous kinds of transports a cell is able to undergo.

Most of the cellular transports that happen in the human body are essential for the life of that cell. The most common and essential cellular transport is the passive transport of water and oxygen through osmosis and diffusion. Water provides the cell with the ability to maintain basic structure and carry out necessary functions. Oxygen is required by all cells to break down sugars in order to obtain energy in the form of ATP. This is done through a process known as cellular respiration. The waste produced by this is carbon dioxide, which in the absence of cellular transport would not be able to leave the cell.

If a cell is unable to undergo cellular transport, then the cell will inevitably die due to it being unable to transport water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and numerous other ions and molecules that are necessary for the cell to complete even the most basic of functions.

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