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Active Transport

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Active transport moves a substance against its concentration gradient, low to high, requiring the cell to spend energy, usually from ATP.

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A cell importing a nutrient already more concentrated inside than outside must spend ATP to force that import.

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Active transport is defined by direction relative to the gradient — facilitated transport also uses proteins but spends no energy.