Question | Answer |
PLASMOLYSIS | (1)THE CONTRACTION OR SHRINKING OF A CELL IN A HYPERTONIC SOLUTION IN RESPONCE TO THE LOSS OF WATER BY OSMOSIS |
CYTOLYSIS | (2)THE BURSTING OF A CELL |
ION CHANNEL | (3)A COMPLEX OF PROTEIN MOLECULES IN A CELL MEMBRANE THAT FORM A PORE THROUGH WHICH IONS CAN PASS. |
ACTIVE TRANSPORT | (4)THE MOVEMENT OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES USUALLY ACROSS THE CELL MEMBRANE, AGAINST A CENCENTRATION GRADIENT, REQUIRES CELLS TO USE ENERGY |
HYPERTONIC | (5)DESCRIBES A SOLUTION WHOSE SOLUTE CONCENTRATION IS HIGHER THAN THE SOLUTE CONCENTRATION INSIDE A CELL |
CARRIER PROTEIN | (6)A PROTEIN THAT TRANSPORTS SUBSTANCES ACROSS A CELL MEMBRANE |
DIFFUSION | (7)THE MOVEMENT OF PARTICLES FROM REGIONS OF HIGHER DENSITY TO REGIONS OF LOWER DENSITY |
OSMOSIS | (8)THE DIFFUSION OF WATER FROM A MORE DILUTE SOLUTION TO A MORE CONCENTRATED SOLUTION THROUGH A MEMBRANE |
TURGOR PRESSURE | (9)THE PRESSURE THAT IS EXERTED ON THE INSIDE OF CELL WALLS AND THAT IS CAUSED BY THE MOVEMENT OF WATER INTO THE CELL |
HYPOTONIC | (10)DESCRIBES A SOLUTION WHOSE SOLUTE CONCENTRATION IS LOWER THAN THE SOLUTE CONCENTRATION INSIDE A CELL |
CONCENTRATION GRADIENT | (11)A DIFFERENCE IN THE CONCENTRATION OF A SUBSTANCE ACROSS A DISTANCE |
EQUILIBRIUM | (12)IN BIOLOGY, THE STATE THAT EXISTS WHEN THE CONCENTRATION OF A SUBSTANCE IS THE SAME THROUGOUT A SPACE |
FACILITATED DIFFUSION | (13)THE TRANSPORT OF SUBSTANCES THROUGH A MEMBRANE ALONG A CONCENTRATION GRADIENT WITH THE AID OF CARRIER PROTEINS |
CONTRACTILE VACUOLE | IN PROTISTS, AN ORGANELLE THAT ACCUMULATES (14)WATER AND THEN RELEASES IT PERIDICALLY TO MAINTAIN OSMOTIC PRESSURE |
ISOTONIC | (15)DESCRIBES A SOLUTION WHOSE SOLUTE CONCENTRATION IS EQUAL TO THE SOLUTE CONCENTRATION INSIDE A CELL |
SODIUM-POTASSIUM PUMP | (16)A CARRIER PROTEIN THAT USES ATP TO ACTIVELY TRANSPORT SODIUM IONS OUT OF A CELL AND POTASSIUM IONS INTO THE CELL |
PASSIVE TRANSPORT | (17)THE MOVEMENT OF SUBSTANCES ACROSS A CELL MEMBRANE WITHOUT THE USE OF ENERGY BY THE CELL |
PHAGOCYTE | (18)A CELL THAT INGESTS AND DESTROYS (DIGESTS)FOREIGN MATTER OR MICROORGANISMS |
ENDOCYTOSIS | (19)THE PROCESS BY WHICH A CELL MEMBRANE SURROUNDS A PARTICLE AND ENCLOSES THE PARTICLE IN A VESICLE TO BRIN THE PARTICLE INTO THE CELL |
EXOCYTOSIS | (20)THE PROCESS BY WHICH A SUBSTANCE IS RELEASED FROM THE CELL THROUGH A VESICLE THAT FUSES WITH THE MEMBRANE TO LET THE SUBSTANCE OUT |