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which is more likely to diffuse through the cell membrane?
a carbon dioxide
b starch
c protein
d dna
The cell membrane is selectively permeable, allowing small, non - polar, or uncharged molecules to diffuse easily. Carbon dioxide ($\ce{CO_2}$) is a small, non - polar gas molecule. Starch is a large polysaccharide, protein is a large macromolecule, and DNA is also a large macromolecule. These large molecules are too big to diffuse through the cell membrane easily. So carbon dioxide is more likely to diffuse through the cell membrane.
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a. carbon dioxide