Biology Vocab Flashcards
Biotic
Living
Abiotic
Nonliving
Biodiversity
The assortment of species on earth; within and between ecosystems; and the variation in the genetic composition of a species.
Ecosystem
A community of various organisms interacting with each other within a particular physical environment
Biomes
Regions with similar abiotic conditions
Evidence
Information used to support or refute a claim
Consumer
Organisms that must eat other organisms to obtain energy
Ecology
The study of how living organisms interact with each other and with their physical environment
Hypotonic
Moving out of the environment into the cell.low to high
Hypertonic
Out of the cell into the environment.high to low
Isotonic
Switching positions, but still staying equal
Active Transport
Low to high
Passive Transport
High to low
Facilitated Diffusion
Goes through proteins without protein
Osmosis
Transport of water and other molecules across a biological membrane
Carrier Protein
Carry proteins through
Diffusion
Two solutes diffuse from high to low until evened out
Ion Channel
Ions across ion channel
Turgor Pressure
Pushes the plasma membrane against the cell wall of plant, bacteria, and fungi cells as well as those protist cell which have cell walls.
Contractile Vacuole
Is a sub-cellular structure involved in osmoregulation. It is found predominantly in protists and in unicellular algae.
Equilibrium
The condition of a system in which all competing influences are balanced, in a wide variety of contexts.
Vesicle
A supramolecular assembly of lipid molecules, like a cell membrane.
Sodium Potassium Pump
An antiporter-like enzyme (EC 3.6.3.9) located in the plasma membrane of all animal cells.
Exocytosis
Moves things out.
