Cell Transport Vocabulary

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Semi-permeable membrane

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It does not allow everything/ is selective of what goes through a membrane

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Passive Transport

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The movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell Pg 130

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Active Transport

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The movement of substance across the cell membrane that requires the cell to use energy Pg 131

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Osmosis

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The diffusion (movement) of water through a semipermeable membrane Pg 130

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Diffusion

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The movement of particles from regions of higher concentration to regions of lower concentration Pg130

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Vesicle

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Sacs formed from pieces of the cell membrane Pg 132

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Endocytosis

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The process by which a cell membrane surrounds a particle and encloses the particle in a vesicle to bring the particle into the cell Pg 132

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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Molecule

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A group of atoms that are held together by chemical forces; a molecule is the smallest unit of a compound that keeps all the properties of that compound Pg 91

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

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Exocytosis

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The process which a cell releases a particle by enclosing the particle in a vesicle that then moves to the cell surface and fuses with the cell membrane Pg 132.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2