Section 1 Chapter 2

Question 1

Diffusion

Answer 1

the movement of particles from regions of higher density regions of lower denisty

Question 2

Osmosis

Answer 2

the diffusion of water through a semipermeable membranr

Question 3

Passive Transport

Answer 3

the movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cll

Question 4

Active Transport

Answer 4

the movement of substances across the cell membrane that requires the cell to use energy

Question 5

Endocytosis

Answer 5

The process by which a cell membrane surrounds a particle and encloses the particle in a vesicle to bring the particle into a cell

Question 6

Exocytosis

Answer 6

The process in which a cell release a particle by enclosing a particle inside a vesicle to bring it out of the cell.

Question 7

Photosynthesis

Answer 7

the process plants algae and some bacteria use sunlight and carbon dioxide and water to make food

Question 8

Cellular respiration

Answer 8

process which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food

Question 9

Fermentation

Answer 9

the breakdown of food without the use of oxygen

Question 10

Cell cycle

Answer 10

the life cycle of a cell

Question 11

chromosome

Answer 11

in a eukaryotic cell one of the structures on the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein; in a prokaryotic cell, the main ring of dna

Question 12

homologous chromosomes

Answer 12

chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure

Question 13

mitosis

Answer 13

a process of cell division that forms two new nuclei, each of which has the same # of chromosomes