homeostasis vocab quiz

The movement of chemical substances, usually across the cell membrane, against a concentration gradient; requires the cells to use energy.

• homeostasis

• active transport

• cellular respiration

• prokaryote

The region of the cell within the membrane that includes the fluid, the cytoskeleton, and all of the organelles except the nucleus; the jelly-like material that takes up space in the cell.

• cell membrane

• cell

• eukaryote

• cytoplasm

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The maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment; balance.

• endocytosis

• diffusion

• homeostasis

• cell

An organism made up of cells that HAVE A NUCLEUS enclosed by a membrane; they include plants, animals, protists, and fungi but NOT bacteria

• eukaryote

• prokaryote

• cell

• cytoplasm

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The movement of particles from regions of higher concentration to regions of lower concentration is known as...

• diffusion

• cellular respiration

• exocytosis

• photosynthesis

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A single-celled organism that DOES NOT have a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles; examples are archaea and bacteria.

• eukaryote

• prokaryote

• cell

• organism

The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food; occurs in the mitochondria.

• diffusion

• photosynthesis

• endocytosis

• cellular respiration

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The process in which a cell releases a particle by enclosing the particle in a vesicle that then moves to the cell surface and fuses with the cell membrane; the particle EXits the cell.

• cellular respiration

• EXocytosis

• ENdocytosis

• cell membrane

The diffusion of WATER through a semipermeable membrane.

• active transport

• photosynthesis

• osmosis

• exocytosis

The process by which a cell membrane surrounds a particle and ENcloses the particle in a vesicle to bring the particle INto the cell; the particle ENters the cell

• ENdocytosis

• eukaryote

• osmosis

• exocytosis

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