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Cell Processes Vocab
7th Grade Life Science - Ch. 4
Question | Answer |
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What is the name of the food (sugar) that plants make for themselves [C6H12O6] | Glucose |
The movement of substances across a membrane without the use of energy | Passive Transport |
The diffusion of water through the cell membrane | Osmosis |
Movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration - a type of passive transport | Diffusion |
Movement of substances across a membrane that requires energy from the cell | Active Transport |
Process by which a cell membrane surrounds an encloses a large particle to bring in into the cell | Endocytosis |
Process by which a cell encloses a particle and gets rid of it through the cell membrane | Exocytosis |
The process cells use to produce energy or breakdown food that requires oxygen (happens in the mitochondria) | Cellular Respiration |
The process cells use to produce energy and breakdown food without energy (happens in the mitochondria) | Fermentation |
The process plants use to make food - using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water (happens in the chloroplast) | Photosynthesis |
Pairs of similar chromosomes | Homologous |
Cell division that forms two nuclei with the same number of chromosomes | Mitosis |
Cell division that forms four nuclei wtih half the number of chromosomes in each | Meiosis |
The division of the cytoplasm | Cytokinesis |
The site of photosynthesis | Chloroplast |
The site of cellular respiration and fermentation | Mitochondria |