When a nutrient moves freely across the cell membrane from an area of higher nutrient concentration into an absorptive cell where the concentration of that nutrient is lower, this is called ___.

Basically, it is the movement of nutrients without a required energy and work across cell membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration called the absorptive cell.

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Answer:

Passive Diffusion-Passive transport

Explanation:

Passive diffusion is an example of passive transport process which involved the movements of molecules from higher concentration gradients to lower concentration gradient . It is independent of energy supply,but depends only on concentration gradients(solute gradients) across the two media,

It is different from simple diffusion which allow only the transport of molecules of small molecular sizes, those that are non-polar.,and hydrophobic ,

An increase in the volume of metabolites in the d small intestine (e.g lipids) compare to the cells and tissues ; set up high concentration gradients which forces these substances to be transported passively down their concentration gradients from the intestine (jejunum) into the cells by passive diffusion.