Energy flow Flashcards
What is a osmosis
The diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane
What is a diffusion
The movement of particles form regions of higher density to regions of lower density.
What is a passive transport
The movement of substances ac
What is active transport
The movement of substances across the cell membrane that requires the cell to use energy
What is exocytosis
The process by which a cell membrane surrounds a particle and encloses the particle in a vesicle to bring the particle into the cell
What is photosynthesis
The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food
What is cellular respiration
The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food
What is fermentation
The breakdown of food without the use of oxygen
What is cell cycle
The life cycle of a cell
What is chromosomes
The structures of DNA
What is homologous chromosomes
That have the same sequence of genes and the same structure
What is endocyosis
When a ell raps a around a partial
What is cytokinesis
The division of the cytoplasm of a cell
What is mitosis
In eukaryotic cell, a process of cell division that form two new nuclei, each of which has the same number of chromosomes
