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Cellular Transport

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28 questions
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What process requires some of the cell's energy and includes endocytosis and exocytosis?

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What is the membrane that surrounds the contents of a cell and allows only certain things into and out of the cell?

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What is a way of describing the structure and function of a cell membrane; includes the phospholipid bilayer, proteins, carbohydrates, and cholesterol?

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What is the process of keeping the internal conditions of an organism stable?

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What is attracted to water or able to dissolve in water; water-loving?

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What is having a partial positive electrical charge on one end and a partial negative charge on the other end?

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What is the two layers of phospholipid molecules arranged tail to tail that help to make up cell membranes?

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What is the process that does not require energy from the cell and includes osmosis and diffusion?

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What is repelled by water or not able to be dissolved in water; water-fearing?

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What is the movement of materials into and out of cells?

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What is a property of cell membranes that allows only certain things to cross but not others>?

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What is a difference in the concentration of ions or other dissolved particles between two regions?

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What is the movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration?

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What is the state of having equal concentrations as molecules move into and out of a cell at the same time?

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What is the diffusion of molecules across a membrane through special proteins in the membrane?

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What are proteins present in the cell membrane that allow different types of substances to pass through the membrane?

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Having a higher solute concentration in the solution outside the cell than inside the cell, causing the cell to shrink

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Having a lower solute concentration in the solution outside the cell than inside the cell, causing the cell to swell

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Having equal solute concentrations inside and outside the cell

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The movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane

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The pressure at which osmosis stops

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Dissolved particles in a solution

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The pressure created by osmosis as water enters into a plant cell

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Plant cell loses water and its plasma membrane pulls away from the cell wall occurring in a hypertonic solution due to osmosis

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A process that requires energy to move a substance from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration

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Process used by a cell to take in a large particle

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Process used by a cell to release materials out of the cell

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A protein present in the cell membrane that helps to move materials into and out of the cell