Cell Transport Vocabulary

the movement of particles from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration.

• Hypertonic

• Diffusion

• Pinocytosis

• Solution

the movement of substances across the plasma membrane from areas of high concentration to low concentration; requires no energy

• Solute

• Osmosis

• Isotonic

• Passive Transportation

Movement of water out of the cell is exactly balanced by movement of water into the cell.

• Isotonic

• Endocytosis

• Pinocytosis

• Facilitated Diffusion

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

A process where a substance passes through a membrane with an aid of an protein carrier

• Solvent

• Facilitated Diffusion

• Hypertonic

• Exocytosis

If concentrations of dissolved solutes are greater outside the cell, the concentration of water outside is correspondingly lower

• Endocytosis

• Solvent

• Hypertonic

• Solution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The substance in which a solute dissolves

• Phagocytosis

• Solvent

• Facilitated Diffusion

• Isotonic

“cellular eating,” the cell’s plasma membrane surrounds a macromolecule

• Solution

• Phagocytosis

• Osmosis

• Diffusion

If concentrations of dissolved solutes are less outside the cell than inside, the concentration of water outside is correspondingly greater

• Hypotonic

• Solute

• Passive Transport

• Exocytosis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane from high to low

• Pinocytosis

• Diffusion

• Hypotonic

• Osmosis

materials are exported out of the cell via secretory vesicles

• Exocytosis

• Diffusion

• Active Transport

• Passive Transport