Cell Processes Vocab

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A layer that allows only certain molecules to pass through

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Semi-permeable membrane

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Cellular process converting food to energy (ATP).

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Cellular respiration

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Cellular process converting sunlight to glucose.

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Photosynthesis

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Molecule movement from high to low concentration

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Diffusion

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Diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane.

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Osmosis

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Flow of molecules from high to low groups.

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Concentration Gradient

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Balance state from outside to inside a cell.

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Equilibrium

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Cellular division where the cell copies itself.

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Mitosis

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Cell division creating 2 new cells, each with 1/2 the chromosomes of the original.

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Meiosis

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Molecules move through a membrane requiring energy.

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Active transport