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Chapter 23- How Cells Work Flashcards

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Concentration gradient

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Moving to higher or lower places of concentration

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Diffusion

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Molecules moving from an area of higher concentration to a lower concentration

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Osmosis

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The diffusion of water

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Facilitated diffusion

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Diffusion where only a certain type of molecule can fit into a transport protein, Moving molecules down a concentration gradient

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Transport protein

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A membrane protein that allows only certain molecules into the cell

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Endocytosis

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Allowing into the cell

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Exocytosis

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Pushing out of the cell

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Mitosis

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A type of cell division in which one cell divide into two cells

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Gap 1

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Cell gets ready to divide by doubling in size

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Synthesis

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Cell creates exact copy of DNA

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Gap 2

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Cell builds more machinery it will need for cell division

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Mitosis and cytokinesis

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The cell divides

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Gap 0

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Cells that aren’t ready to divide

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Prophase

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Membranes around the nucleus break down and chromosomes become tightly packed

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Metaphase

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Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell

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Anaphase

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Two sister chromatids separate

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Telophase

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Sister chromatids move to the opposite sides of the cell

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Cytokinesis

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Division of the cytoplasm

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Exothermic

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Chemical reactions that release heat

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Endothermic

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Chemical reactions that absorb heat

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Activation energy

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Energy needed to get a chemical reaction going

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ATP

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Cells energy to power chemical reactions

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Sodium-Potassium pump

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Uses active transport to move sodium ions out of animal cells and potassium ions into animal cells

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Photosynthesis

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Convert light energy from the sun to chemical energy in organic molecules

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Active transport

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Transport across the membrane where energy is used

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Passive transport

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Transport across membrane where energy is not used

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Light-dependent reactions

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Reactions that require sunlight

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Light-independent reactions

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Reactions that don’t require sunlight

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Chlorophyll

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A pigment that absorbs light

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Glycolysis

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Breaking down sugar

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Krebs cycle

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Molecule is broken down, carbon dioxide is released, two ATP is produced and additional energy is stored

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Electron transport

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When additional energy is used to make more ATP

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Anaerobic

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Non-oxygen using process

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Aerobic

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Oxygen using process

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Fermentation

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Makes molecules needed for glycolysis

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Alcoholic fermentation

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Turning privies acid into ethanol and carbon dioxide

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Lactic acid fermentation

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Turning pyruvic acid into lactic acid

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