Cell structure and transport

Question 1

Osmosis

Answer 1

The movement of water from a high concentration to a low concentration

Question 2

Diffusion

Answer 2

One of the processes that allows dissolved substances to pass through the cell membrane to get into or out of a cell

Question 3

Active Transport

Answer 3

The movement of ions or molecules across a cell membrane in the direction opposite that of diffusion from an area of lower concentration to one of higher concentration.

Question 4

Specialised Cells

Answer 4

Cells that are made to carry out a particular task or function. They are cells in multicellular organisms

Question 5

What do plant cells have that animals cells do not?

Answer 5

Cell wall, Chloroplast and a Vacuole

Question 6

Prokaryotic Cell

Answer 6

A unicellular organism that lacks a membrane-bound organelle

Question 7

How do we calculate the length of the object in a microscope?

Answer 7

Length of object = length of magnified object ÷ magnification

Question 8

How can we calculate the magnifaction

Answer 8

magnification = measured size ÷ actual size