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Vocab Words
Term | Definition |
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homeostasis | the maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing enviroment |
photosynthesis | the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight carbon dioxide, and water to make food |
cellular respiration | the process by which cells surface and acts as a barrier between the inside of a cell's surface and acts as a barrier between the inside of a cell an the cell's environment |
mitosis | the process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to half the original number by two divisions of the nucleus, which results in the production of sex cells |
passive transport | the movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell |
diffusion | the movement of particles from regions of higher density to regions of lower density |
osmosis | the diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane |
active transport | the movement of substances across the cell membrane that requires the cell to use energy |
endocytosis | the process by which a cell membrane surrounds a particle and encloses the particle in a versicle to bring the particle 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 membrane |