Cell Transport Review

Front

What is the state called when both inside and outside of a cell have the same amount of water?

Back

Equilibrium

Front

In the ocean, what is the solvent?

Back

Water

Front

During osmosis, what direction does water move?

Back

Water moves from high to low concentration.

Front

In making a glass of Tang, what is the solute?

Back

Tang.

Front

Which red blood cell is in an isotonic solution?

Back

The one in the middle.

Front

What is osmosis?

Back

The movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration.

Front

What is diffusion?

Back

The movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.

Front

What does isotonic mean?

Back

A solution that has the same concentration of solutes as another solution.

Front

What is a hypertonic solution?

Back

A solution that has a higher concentration of solutes compared to another solution.

Front

What is a hypotonic solution?

Back

A solution that has a lower concentration of solutes compared to another solution.