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Is Facilitated diffusion1. movement across the membrane without help or assistance?2. Movement across the membrane through a protein channel?3. Movement across the membrane with the help from a transport protein and energy?

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Facilitated diffusion is a type of passive transport where ATP is not needed because molecules follow the concentration gradient, just using specialized channels.

This means 2 is the right option: Movement across the membrane through a protein channel.

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