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Question 1

Homeostasis

Answer 1

Relatively constant in internal physical and chemical conditions that organisms maintain.

Question 2

Diffusion

Answer 2

Process by which particles tend to move from an area where they are more concentrated to an area where there are less concentrated.

Question 3

Facilitated diffusion

Answer 3

Process of diffusion in which molecules pass across the membrane through cell membrane channels.

Question 4

Aquaporin

Answer 4

Water channel protein in a cell.

Question 5

Osmosis

Answer 5

Diffusion of water through selectively permeable membrane.

Question 6

Isotonic

Answer 6

Where in the concentration are two solutions is the same.

Question 7

Hypertonic

Answer 7

When comparing to solutions, the solution with the greater concentration of solutes.

Question 8

Hypotonic

Answer 8

When comparing to solutions, the solution with the lesser concentration of salutes.

Question 9

Osmotic pressure

Answer 9

Pressure that must be applied to prevent osmotic movement across the selectively permeable membrane.