Mastery Test Chapter 7 Flashcards
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Prokaryote
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Single cell organism
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Eukaryote
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Multi-cellular organisms
2
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Cell
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Basic unit of life
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Selectively permeable
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A membrane that let’s molecules pass though
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Organelle
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Specialized structures in a cell
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Diffusion
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Spreading something widely
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Osmosis
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Molecules pass though a solvent membrane
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Hypertonic
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Increase in presere
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Hypotonic
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Reduced tone
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Isotonic
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Takeing place of normal action
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Facilitated diffusion
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process by which substances are transported across cell membranes by means of protein carrier molecules
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Osmotic pressure
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Presser on a pure solvent
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Lipid bilayer
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thin polar membrane made of two layers of lipid molecules
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Nucleus
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Control center of the nucleus
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Homeostasis
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A tendency toward a stable equilibrium between independent elements
