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Terms from Modern Biology word jumble worksheet

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PLASMOLYSIS   (1)THE CONTRACTION OR SHRINKING OF A CELL IN A HYPERTONIC SOLUTION IN RESPONCE TO THE LOSS OF WATER BY OSMOSIS  
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CYTOLYSIS   (2)THE BURSTING OF A CELL  
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ION CHANNEL   (3)A COMPLEX OF PROTEIN MOLECULES IN A CELL MEMBRANE THAT FORM A PORE THROUGH WHICH IONS CAN PASS.  
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ACTIVE TRANSPORT   (4)THE MOVEMENT OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES USUALLY ACROSS THE CELL MEMBRANE, AGAINST A CENCENTRATION GRADIENT, REQUIRES CELLS TO USE ENERGY  
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HYPERTONIC   (5)DESCRIBES A SOLUTION WHOSE SOLUTE CONCENTRATION IS HIGHER THAN THE SOLUTE CONCENTRATION INSIDE A CELL  
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CARRIER PROTEIN   (6)A PROTEIN THAT TRANSPORTS SUBSTANCES ACROSS A CELL MEMBRANE  
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DIFFUSION   (7)THE MOVEMENT OF PARTICLES FROM REGIONS OF HIGHER DENSITY TO REGIONS OF LOWER DENSITY  
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OSMOSIS   (8)THE DIFFUSION OF WATER FROM A MORE DILUTE SOLUTION TO A MORE CONCENTRATED SOLUTION THROUGH A MEMBRANE  
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TURGOR PRESSURE   (9)THE PRESSURE THAT IS EXERTED ON THE INSIDE OF CELL WALLS AND THAT IS CAUSED BY THE MOVEMENT OF WATER INTO THE CELL  
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HYPOTONIC   (10)DESCRIBES A SOLUTION WHOSE SOLUTE CONCENTRATION IS LOWER THAN THE SOLUTE CONCENTRATION INSIDE A CELL  
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CONCENTRATION GRADIENT   (11)A DIFFERENCE IN THE CONCENTRATION OF A SUBSTANCE ACROSS A DISTANCE  
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EQUILIBRIUM   (12)IN BIOLOGY, THE STATE THAT EXISTS WHEN THE CONCENTRATION OF A SUBSTANCE IS THE SAME THROUGOUT A SPACE  
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FACILITATED DIFFUSION   (13)THE TRANSPORT OF SUBSTANCES THROUGH A MEMBRANE ALONG A CONCENTRATION GRADIENT WITH THE AID OF CARRIER PROTEINS  
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CONTRACTILE VACUOLE   IN PROTISTS, AN ORGANELLE THAT ACCUMULATES (14)WATER AND THEN RELEASES IT PERIDICALLY TO MAINTAIN OSMOTIC PRESSURE  
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ISOTONIC   (15)DESCRIBES A SOLUTION WHOSE SOLUTE CONCENTRATION IS EQUAL TO THE SOLUTE CONCENTRATION INSIDE A CELL  
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SODIUM-POTASSIUM PUMP   (16)A CARRIER PROTEIN THAT USES ATP TO ACTIVELY TRANSPORT SODIUM IONS OUT OF A CELL AND POTASSIUM IONS INTO THE CELL  
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PASSIVE TRANSPORT   (17)THE MOVEMENT OF SUBSTANCES ACROSS A CELL MEMBRANE WITHOUT THE USE OF ENERGY BY THE CELL  
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PHAGOCYTE   (18)A CELL THAT INGESTS AND DESTROYS (DIGESTS)FOREIGN MATTER OR MICROORGANISMS  
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ENDOCYTOSIS   (19)THE PROCESS BY WHICH A CELL MEMBRANE SURROUNDS A PARTICLE AND ENCLOSES THE PARTICLE IN A VESICLE TO BRIN THE PARTICLE INTO THE CELL  
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EXOCYTOSIS   (20)THE PROCESS BY WHICH A SUBSTANCE IS RELEASED FROM THE CELL THROUGH A VESICLE THAT FUSES WITH THE MEMBRANE TO LET THE SUBSTANCE OUT  
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