Cell processes vocab

The tendency of a substance to move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.

• diffusion

• osmosis

• active transport

• sodium-potassium pump

The movement of water through a membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.

• diffusion

• osmosis

• active transport

• sodium-potassium pump

The process of using energy to move materials through a membrane.

• diffusion

• osmosis

• active transport

• passive transport

A chemical process by which cells release energy from sugar when no oxygen is present.

• fermentation

• cell respiration

• photosynthesis

• passive transport

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The process by which green plants and other producers use simple compounds and energy from light to make sugar, an energy-rich compound.

• fermentation

• cell respiration

• photosynthesis

• passive transport

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A process in which cells use oxygen to release energy stored in sugars

• fermentation

• cell respiration

• photosynthesis

• passive transport

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Controls what comes in and out of the cell

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Organelles that release energy by using oxygen to breakdown sugars

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

An organelle in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll, a chemical that uses the energy from sunlight to make sugar.

• cell membrane

• nucleus

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The variable that is manipulated or changed

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• constants

• control group