Unit 2: Transport Flashcards

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1
Q

Movement of water from high to low concentrations.

A

Osmosis

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2
Q

Three types of transport

A

Passive Transport

Active Transport

Movement of Macromolecules

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3
Q

Type of solution that is more dilute than the other solution.

A

hypotonic solution

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4
Q

Type of solution that has more solute and less solvent

A

hypertonic

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5
Q

Act as name tags for the cell

A

Glycolipids

and

Glycoproteins

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6
Q

Loss of osmotic pressure in a plant cell

A

plasmolysis

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7
Q

Part of the phospholipid that faces the cytoplasm or the environment

A

Hydrophillic phospholipid head

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8
Q

carbohydrates that attach to hydrophillic heads in the membrane

A

glycolipids

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9
Q

Three types of passive transport

A
  • Diffusion
  • Osmosis
  • Facilitated Diffusion
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10
Q

Two components of a solution

A

Solvent (water)

Solute (dissolved particles)

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11
Q

Loss of osmotic pressure in an animal cell

A

crenation

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12
Q

Exploding of an animal cell

A

Lysing

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13
Q

Type of solution that is more concentrated than the other solution.

A

hypertonic solution

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14
Q

Alternate names for cell membrane

A

Selectively permeable membrane

Lipid bilayer

Semipermeable membrane

Fluid Mosaic Model

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15
Q

Type of transport that takes in large molecules into the cell…so large they can’t fit through the phospholipids or the integral proteins.

A

endocytosis

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16
Q

Part of the phospholipid that doesn’t like the solvent in the cytoplasm or the environment

A

Fatty Acid Tails

17
Q

Type of transport that requires the use of ATP by the cell

A

Active Transport

18
Q

attach to glycoproteins

A

Peripheral proteins

19
Q

Diffusion through an integral protein from high to low concentration.

A

Facilitated diffusion

20
Q

Two types of endocytosis

A

phagocytosis

pinocytosis

21
Q

During passive transport how do molecules move?

A
  • From high to low concentration
  • Down the conentration gradient.
22
Q

Solid food and bacteria enter cells through

A

phagocytosis

23
Q

Gates within the cell membrane

A

Integral proteins

24
Q

Type of solution that has more solvent and less solute

A

hypotonic

25
Q

Three main molecules that make up a cell membrane

A

Phospholipids

Proteins

Carbohydrates

26
Q

During osmosis water moves from a _______solution to a ___________ solution.

A

hypotonic to hypertonic

(TO THE HYPER!)

27
Q

Category of transport that does not require energy from the cell

A

Passive transport

28
Q

_______ releases large products or waste molecules out of the cell.

A

Exocytosis

29
Q

Type of passive transport involves the movement of gases across the membrane from high to low concentrations

A

diffusion

30
Q

Increase in osmotic pressure in an plant cell leads to the cell becoming ____

A

turgid

31
Q

Type of solution that has the same concentration of solute as the other solution

A

isotonic

32
Q

Hormones and secretions enter a cell through…

A

pinocytosis

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34
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