Combined B1 cell structure and transport for wednesday

Question 1

Hypertonic

Answer 1

a solution that is less concentrated than the cell contents

Question 2

Isotonic

Answer 2

A solution that is the same concentration as the cell contents

Question 3

mitochondria

Answer 3

the site of aerobic cellular respiration in a cell

Question 4

nucleus

Answer 4

organelle found in many living cells containing the genetic information surrounded by the nuclear membrane

Question 5

osmosis

Answer 5

the diffusion of water through a partially permeable membrane from a dilute solution to a concentrated solution down a concentration gradient

Question 6

partially permeable membrane

Answer 6

a membrane that allows only certain substances to pass through

Question 7

permanent vacuole

Answer 7

space in the cytoplasm filled up with cell sap

Question 8

phloem

Answer 8

the living transport tissue in plants that carries dissolved food (sugars) around the plant

Question 9

plasmolysis

Answer 9

the state of plant cells when so much water is lost from the cell by osmosis that the vacuole and cytoplasm shrink and the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall