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Chapter 5/6 Flashcards

0
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Where does diffusion occur

A

Across membranes

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1
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Process by which substances from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

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Diffusion

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2
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The ability of a molecule to go though a membrane depends on..(3)

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  • size
  • type(polar,nonpolar)
  • molecule structure of the embrace
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3
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There is no net movement when there is

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Equilibrium

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4
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Equilibrium is when

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It is the same percentage of everything in and out of the cell

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5
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Concentration gradient

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Difference in concentration of the substances

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6
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What is concentration gradient separated by

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A membrane

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7
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The movement of water from an area of high concentration to lower concentration

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Osmosis

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8
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What type of molecules does osmosis occur with

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Water

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9
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Hypotonic
Outside cell-
Inside cell-
Effect on cell-

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Low solute, high solvent
High solvent, low solute
Cell swells

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Hypertonic
Outside cell-
Inside cell-
Effect on cell-

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High solute, low solvent
Low solute, high solvent
Cell shrinks

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Isotonic
Outside cell-
Inside cell-
Effect on cell-

A

Same
Same
Same

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12
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Specialized structures that remove excess water

A

Contractile vacuoles

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13
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When the animal swells or burst

A

Cytolysis

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14
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What does the cell wall do during osmosis

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Become rigid due to turgor pressure, holds cell membrane

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15
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Function of cell membrane in osmosis

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If it shrinks and detached from the cell wall, the cell will die; when filled with water, turgor pressure will develop

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16
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Plant cells need turgor pressure because

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Without it the cell will shrink and die

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17
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Plasmolysis

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When a plant cell shrinks then dies

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18
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Transport proteins that aloe ions to pass through the cell membrane

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Ion channels

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19
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Ion channels are either

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Open or closed

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20
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Closed ion channel will respond to

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Different stimuli to allow things pass through them

21
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Facilitated diffusion uses

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Carrier proteins

22
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Carrie proteins are

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Specific to what they will let transport across the cell membrane

23
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Facilitated diffusion is

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Passive

24
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Facilitated diffusion speeds up

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Diffusion

25
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Passive transport is

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Transport that does not require energy

26
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Movement of any substance across a cell membrane that does require energy

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Active transport

27
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Movement of sodium and potassium against concentration gradient

A

Sodium potassium pump

28
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Sodium potassium pump uses ___ as an energy source

A

ATP

29
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Sodium potassium pump is important for 3 vital functions

A

Muscle contractions
Nerve impulses
Kidney function

30
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Processes used for moving substance across a membrane that are too large to pass through a channel

A

Endocytosis and exocytosis

31
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Process by which cells take in large particles

A

Endocytosis

32
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‘Cell eating’

A

Phagocytosis

33
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‘Cell drinking’

A

Pinocytosis

34
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Process of removing large waste products from the cell

A

Exocytosis

35
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Coverts radiant energy into chemical energy stored in the bonds of organic compounds

A

Photosynthesis

36
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Stored in plants as

A

Starch

37
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Photosynthesis is done by

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Autotrophs

38
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Autotrophs

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A”producer” that produces complex organic compounds from simple substances present units surroundings

39
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Heterotrophs

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Organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food

40
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Reactants

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What are used for photosynthesis

41
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Products

A

What the finished products of photosynthesis are

42
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Penne something is red all the other colors are being ___ and red is being ___

A

Absorbed

Reflected

43
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Thylakoids

A

The sacks that are stacked on top of each other in the chloroplast

44
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Site of photosynthesis

A

Thylakoid

45
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Grana

A

The stacks of thylakoids in the chloroplast

46
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Light reactions happen inn

A

The thylakoid membrane

47
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Products of a light reaction

A

ATP and NADPH

48
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Water gives… In light reactions

A

Electrons and hydrogen

49
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ATP vs ADP

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ATP is a form of energy

ADP is what ATP was before it was energy

50
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Chemiosmosis

A

Process of ADP to ATP

51
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Proteins on the membrane that remakes the hydrogen

A

ATPsynthetase

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