Partially permeable
What Partially permeable means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Allowing only some substances to pass through, so gases, water and dissolved substances can cross.
Describes cell membranes as barriers that allow only certain substances to pass through them.
Topics that use Partially permeable
- Animal and plant cells (AQA GCSE)
- Diffusion (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Adaptations of exchange surfaces
- Aerobic respiration
- Blood supply
- Cell membrane
- Cell size and organism size
- Cell structure and function
- Cell wall
- Chloroplasts
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