8.3 Vocab

Question 1

Homeostasis

Answer 1

Relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that organisms maintain

Question 2

Diffusion

Answer 2

Process by which particle tend to move from an area where they are more concentrated to an area where they are less concentrated

Question 3

Facilitated Diffusion

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Aquaporin

Answer 4

Water channel protein in a cell

Question 5

Osmosis

Answer 5

Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane

Question 6

Isotonic

Answer 6

When the concentration of two solutions is the same

Question 7

Hypertonic

Answer 7

When comparing two solutions, the solution with the greater concentration of solutes

Question 8

Hypotonic

Answer 8

When comparing two solutions, the solution with the lesser concentration of solutes

Question 9

Osmotic Pressure

Answer 9

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