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Write the advantages and disadvantages of active transport system in living organisms

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Answer:

advantages:

- allows the plant root hairs to absorb mineral ions required for healthy growth from very dilute solutions in the soil against a concentration gradient

- moves substances from a more dilute solution to a more concentrated solution

disadvantages:

- requires energy input from the cell to carry solutes across their gradient

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