Homeostasis in Cells Vocab Review

A homogenous mixture of two or more substances

• Solution

• Solvent

• Tonic

• Iso

A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances

• Solvent

• Hyper

• Hypo

• Cell Membrane

A substance that is dissolved in a solution

• Solute

• Solution

• Diffusion

• Osmotic

Group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds

• Molecules

• Diffusion

• Substance

• Passive transport

Tags

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Movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration

• Diffusion

• Active Transport

• Cell Membrane

• Solution

Diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane

• Osmosis

• Solution

• Tonic

• Membrane proteins

Require NO energy, movement of molecules from high to low concentration, moves WITH concentration gradient

• Passive transport

• Active transport

Energy-requiring process that moves material across a cell membrane AGAINST a concentration gradient

• Passive transport

• Active transport

A difference in the concentration of a substance across a distance

• Concentration gradient

• Hypo

• Hyper

• Intracellular

Higher than

• Hypo

• Hyper

• Iso

Tags

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