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Chapter 8 mp
exam study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prophase | the long stringy chromatin coils up into visible chromosomes |
| Metaphase | the doubled chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibers by their centromeres to the middle of the cell. |
| Anaphase | the centromeres split apart and chromatid pairs from each chromosome separate from each other and pulled apart by the shortening of the microtubules in the spindle fibers |
| Telophase | chromatids reach the opposite poles of the cell as they prepare for their own independent existence |
| Osmosis | diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane depending on the concentration of solutes on either side of the membrane |
| Diffusion | net, random movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration, eventually resulting in even distribution |
| Concentration Gradient | the difference in concentration of a substance across space |
| isotonic solution | in cells, solution in which the concentration of dissolved substances in the solution is the same as the concentration of dissolved substances inside a cell |
| hypotonic solution | in cells, solution in which the concentration of dissolved substances is lower in the solution outside the cell than the concentration inside the cell; causes a cell to swell and possibly burst as water enters the cell. |
| hypertonic solution | in cells, solution in which the concentration of dissolved substances outside the cell is higher than the concentration inside the cell; causes a cell to shrink as water leaves the cell |
| passive transport | movement of particles across cell membranes by diffusion or osmosis; the cell uses no energy to move particles across the membrane |
| active transport | energy-expending process by which cells transport materials across the cell membrane against a concentration gradient |
| cancer | uncontrolled cell division that may be caused by environmental factors and/or changes in enzyme production in the cell cycle. |