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Environment
Exchange with the Environment
Question | Answer |
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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 |