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Osmosis

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Went water moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration across a partially permeable membrane.

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Isotonic solution

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The concentration of sole use in the solution outside of the cell is the same as the concentration inside the cell.

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Hypertonic solution

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The concentration of sole use in the solution outside of the cells is higher than the concentration inside the cell - everyone is high so hyper.

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Hypotonic solution

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The concentration of sole use in the solution outside of the cell is lower than the concentration inside the cell - Low rhymes with hypotonic.

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Plasmolysis

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One more water is lost by osmosis so the vacuole and cytoplasm shrink and eventually the cell membrane is pulled away from the cell wall.

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Active transport

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When substances needed by cell must be moved against the concentration gradient or across a partially permeable membrane.

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Diffusion

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The net movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration down a concentration gradient.

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