Experience 4: Cell Transport & Homeostasis Vocabulary

What term refers to the strong, supporting layer around the cell membrane in some cells?

• Cell Wall
• Osmotic Pressure
• Isotonic
• Cell Membrane

What term describes the process by which particles tend to move from an area where they are more concentrated to an area where they are less concentrated?

• Diffusion
• Facilitated Diffusion
• Homeostasis
• Osmosis

What term refers to the relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that organisms maintain?

• Homeostasis
• Osmotic Pressure
• Isotonic
• Hypotonic

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What term describes the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane?

• Osmosis
• Facilitated Diffusion
• Cell Membrane
• Hypertonic

What term refers to the solution with the greater concentration of solutes when comparing two solutions?

• Hypertonic
• Hypotonic
• Osmotic Pressure
• Isotonic

What term describes the process of diffusion in which molecules pass across the membrane through cell membrane channels?

• Facilitated Diffusion
• Cell Wall
• Osmosis
• Diffusion

What term refers to the thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells and regulates what enters and leaves the cell?

• Cell Membrane
• Isotonic
• Cell Wall
• Osmotic Pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What term is used to describe the pressure that must be applied to prevent osmotic movement across a selectively permeable membrane?

• Osmotic Pressure
• Hypertonic
• Cell Membrane
• Facilitated Diffusion

What term describes when the concentration of two solutions is the same?

• Isotonic
• Hypotonic
• Hypertonic
• Osmosis

What term refers to when comparing two solutions, the solution with the lesser concentration of solutes?

• Hypotonic
• Isotonic
• Hypertonic
• Osmotic Pressure