3.3 Vocab

Question 1

hypertonic

Answer 1

any solution that has a higher solute concentration relative to another solution

Question 2

hypotonic

Answer 2

any solution that has a lower solute concentration relative to another solution

Question 3

isotonic

Answer 3

a condition in which the solute concentrations on both sides of a plasma membrane are equal, which does not shrink or swell.

Question 4

diffusion

Question 5

osmosis

Answer 5

water moves across a membrane from low to high solute concentration

Question 6

facilitated diffusion

Answer 6

a transmembrane protein provides a passageway for a substance to diffuse across a membrane.

Question 7

fluid-mosaic membrane

Question 7

active transport

Answer 7

moves a substance from an area of low concentration to one of a higher concentration with the aid of a transmembrane protein

Question 8

channel

Question 9

transporter

Question 10

phospholipid bilayer