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Environment
Exchange with the Environment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Diffusion | The movement of particles from regions of higher density to regions of lower density. |
| Osmosis | The diffusion of water through a semipermeable member. |
| Passive Transport | The movement of substance across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell. |
| Active Transport | The movement of substance across the cell membrane the requires the cell to use energy. |
| Endocytosis | The process by which a cell membrane surrounds a particles and encloses the particles in a vesicle to bring into the cell. |
| Exocytosis | The process in which a cell releases a particle by enclosing the particle in a vesicle that then moves to the cell surface and fuses with the cell membrane. |
| Photosythesis | the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight carbon dioxide and water to make good |
| Cellular respiration | the process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food. |
| Fermentation | the breakdown of food without the use of oxygen |
| Cell cycle | the life cycle of a cell |
| Chromosomes | in a Eukaryotic cell, one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein ; in a prokaryotic cell the main ring of DNA. |
| Homologous chromosomes | chromosomes that have the same sequence of gens and the same structure |
| Mitosis | in eukaryotic cells, a process of cell divison that forms two new nuclei each of which has that same number of chromosomes. |
| Cytokinesis | the division of the Cytoplasm of cell |