Cell Transport Study Guide Questions And Actual Answers.
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Cell Transport
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Cell Transport
passive transport - Answer the movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell
diffusion - Answer movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
concentration gradient - Answer the difference in the co...
Cell Transport Study Guide Questions
And Actual Answers.
passive transport - Answer the movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of
energy by the cell
diffusion - Answer movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower
concentration.
concentration gradient - Answer the difference in the concentration of molecules across a distance.
equilibrium - Answer the concentration of molecules will be the same throughout the space the
molecules occupy.
osmosis - Answer the process by which water molecules diffuse across a cell membrane from an area
of higher concentration to a area of lower concentration.
hypotonic - Answer describes a solution whose solute concentration is lower than the solute
concentration inside the cell.
hypertonic - Answer describes a solution whose solute concentration is higher than the solute
concentration inside the cell.
isotonic - Answer describes a solution whose solute concentration is equal to the solute concentration
inside a cell.
contractile vacuole - Answer in protists, an organelle that accumulates water and then releases it
periodically to maintain osmotic pressure.
turgor pressure - Answer the pressure that is exerted on the inside of cell walls and that is caused by
the movement of water into the cell.
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