This document summarizes different types of transport mechanisms in animal cells. It describes passive transport mechanisms like facilitated diffusion that move solutes down their electrochemical gradient. It also describes active transport mechanisms that use energy (ATP) to move solutes against their gradient, including primary active transport via ATPases and secondary active transport using solute gradients. It discusses the coupling of solute transport and defines terms like cotransport and countertransport. Finally, it covers colligative properties of solutions like osmotic pressure and freezing point depression that depend on the number of dissolved particles.