Deck 7

Question 0

Most cells have the ability to metabolize. Define metabolize.

Answer 0

To use nutrients to build new cell material, break down substances, and make ATP.

Question 1

[Cell of reproduction]; long and streamlined, built for swimming to the egg for fertilization

Answer 1

Sperm

Question 2

Ability to respond to a stimulus

Answer 2

Irritability

Question 3

In the most basic sense, what is a homogeneous mixture of two or more components?

Answer 3

Solution

Question 4

The substance present in the largest amount in a solution is called the

Answer 4

Solvent

Question 5

What is the body’s chief solvent?

Answer 5

Water

Question 6

Components or substances present in smaller amounts are called

Answer 6

Solutes

Question 7

A solution containing small amounts of gases, nutrients and salts, dissolved in water

Answer 7

Intracellular fluid

Question 8

What does selective permeability mean?

Answer 8

A barrier allows some substances to pass through it while excluding others.

Question 9

What is the kind of transport in which substances are transported across the membrane without any energy input from the cell?

Answer 9

Passive transport