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Chapter 5
Section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the movement of substances arosss a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell | passive transport |
| the movemment of particles from regions of higher density to regions of lower density | diffusion |
| a difference in the concentration of a substance across a distance | concentration gradient |
| in biology, a state that exists when the concentration of a substance is the same throughout a space | equilibrium |
| the diffusion of water or another solvent from a more dilute solution (of a solute) to a more concentrated solution (of the solute) through a membrane that is permeable to the solvent | osmosis |
| describes a solution whose solute concentration is lower than the solute concentration inside a cell | hypotonic |
| describes a solution whose solute concentration is higher than the solute concentration inside a cell | hypertonic |
| describes a solution whose solute concentration is equal to the solute concentration inside a cell | isotonic |
| in protists, an organelle that accumulates water and then releases it periodically to maintain osmotic pressure | contractile vacuole |
| the pressure that is exerted on the inside of cell walls and that is caused by the movement of water into the cell | turgor pressure |
| the contraction or shrinking of the cell membrane of a plant cell in a hypertonic solution in response to the loss of water by osmosis | plasmolysis |
| the bursting of a cell | cytolysis |
| the transport of substances through a cell membrane along a concentration gradient with the aid of carrier proteins | facilitated diffusion |
| a protein that transports substances across a cell membrane | carrier protein |
| a complex of protein molecules in a cell membrane that form a pore through which ions can pass | ion channel |