Homeostasis and Cell Processes Vocabulary

the active-transport process by which a cell gets rid of large particles

• exocytosis

• endocytosis

• diffusion

• cytokinesis

the process by which plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food (glucose)

• photosynthesis

• osmosis

• homologous chromosomes

• cellular respiration

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the movement of substances across the cell membrane that requires the cell to use energy

• active transport

• passive transport

• fermentation

• vesicle

only allowing certain molecules to pass in or out

• semi-permeable

• cell cycle

• passive transport

• photosynthesis

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the passive transport movement of particles from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration

• diffusion

• osmosis

• mitosis

• endocytosis

the diffusion of water through the cell membrane

• osmosis

• diffusion

• ATP

• meiosis

the process of cell division that forms to new nuclei, each of which has the same number of chromosomes

• mitosis

• meiosis

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

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the process cells use to produce energy or to breakdown food that requires oxygen

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• endocytosis

• exocytosis

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the life stages of a ell that consist of its growth, copying of DNA, and production of new cells

• cell cycle

• endocytosis

• exocytosis

• fermentation

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the movement of substances across the cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell

• passive transport

• active transport

• diffusion

• photosynthesis