Cell Transport Flashcards

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What is diffusion

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Movement of a substance into or out of a cell based on the concentration differences of the substance.

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what is osmosis

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Movement of only water from an area of high concentration to low concentration.

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what is equilibrium

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A state in which opposing forces or actions are balanced so that one is not stronger or greater than the other. Supply and demand were in equilibrium.

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4
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Semi Permeable

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It decides what passes through it.

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5
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Isotonic

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Solutions that contain the same concentration of water and solutes as the cell.

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Hypotonic

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Solutions that contains more solute outside of the cell so water is attracted out.

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Hypertonic

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Solutions that contains more solute inside of the cell so water is attracted into the cell.

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High/Low Concentration

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Solution which contain more solute is highly concentrated solution while less solute,low concentration.

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9
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Endocytosis

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The cell moves a large amount of material into its cytoplasm from the outside environment.

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10
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Exocytosis

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The process by which large amounts of waste material is removed from the cytoplasm by the vesicle fusing with the cell membrane releasing what is inside of the vesicle.

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