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An example  of a molecule that uses facilitated diffusion to enter the cell is oxygen starch glucose carbon dioxide

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An example  of a molecule that uses facilitated diffusion to enter the cell is oxygen starch glucose carbon dioxide

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The molecule that uses facilitated diffusion to enter the cell is glucose.

Here's the step by step explanation:

  1. Facilitated diffusion is a type of passive transport that allows substances to cross membranes with the assistance of special transport proteins.

  2. Some molecules like glucose, are too large and polar to pass through the lipid bilayer of the cell membrane.

  3. To overcome this, cells have special proteins embedded in the cell membrane called carrier proteins.

  4. These proteins have a specific binding site that fits with the glucose molecule.

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