A bacterium is living in a pond where the .29 concentration of sodium ions is 0.005mM. This ion is found in the bacterial cytoplasm at a concentration 0.10 mM. Therefore the sodium ion is probably entering by: Passive transport Facilitated diffusion Simple diffusion Active transport
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