Must Know Definitions

Question 1

Homeostasis

Answer 1

The maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment.

Question 2

Osmosis

Answer 2

the diffusion of water across a semipermeable

membrane from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration

Question 3

Diffusion

Answer 3

the net movement of a substance from an area of high
concentration to an area of low concentration; down its concentration
gradient