Cell Transport Flashcards

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Hypotonic

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The solution with the lesser concentration of solute

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Isotonic

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When the concentration of solutes outside and inside the cell is equal

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Hypertonic

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The solution with the greater concentration of solute

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Active transport

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Movement of particles against a concentration gradient

Requires ATP

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Passive transport

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The movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
Doesn’t require ATP

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Osmosis

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Diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane

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Diffusion

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Movement from higher concentration to lower concentration

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Facilitated diffusion

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Transports larger ions and polar molecules

Channel proteins and carrier proteins

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Carrier proteins

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Specific shape, protein movement brings molecules in to cell

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Cell membrane

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Most important in maintaining homeostasis

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Turgor pressure

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pushes the plasma membrane against the cell wall of plant, bacteria, and fungi cells as well as those protist cells which have cell walls.

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