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Homeostasis   All organisms encounter great fluctuations in their enviornments (change in temperatures, water, pH, ect) that cause them to struggle continuosly to maintain a steady state.  
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Plasma Membrane   seperates the chemicals in the call from those in it's enviornment  
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Impermeable   when a substance can not pass through  
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Permeable   when a substance can pass through  
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Selectively Permeable   the membrane allows some substances through, while others cannot  
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Passive Transport   movement of a substance through a cell's membrane without using any energy  
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Diffusion   a net movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration  
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Equilibrium   concentration of a substance is the same throughtout a space  
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Solute   a substance that dissolves in another  
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Solvent   the more plentiful substance that dissolves the solute  
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Solution   the mixture of solutes and solvents  
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Osmosis   the diffusion of water molecules through a membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration  
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Tonicity   how the concentrations of solutes in 2 solutions compare  
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Isontonic   solute concentration inside and outside cells is equal  
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Hypotonic   Low in solutes, and water moves INTO cell  
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Hypertonic   High in solutes, water moves OUT OF solutes  
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