Unit 4 Vocabulary

What is the property of biological membranes that allows some substances to pass across it while others cannot?

• Diffusion

• Active Transport

• Selectively Permeable

• Exocytosis

Which process involves particles moving from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration?

• Active Transport

• Diffusion

• Endocytosis

• Exocytosis

What is the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane called?

• Osmosis

• Facilitated Diffusion

• Active Transport

• Endocytosis

Which type of transport involves molecules passing across the membrane through cell membrane channels?

• Active Transport

• Endocytosis

• Facilitated Diffusion

• Exocytosis

What type of cellular transport requires energy to move molecules from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration?

• Passive Transport

• Diffusion

• Active Transport

• Osmosis

Which process involves a cell taking in materials by engulfing them with its cell membrane?

• Exocytosis

• Endocytosis

• Diffusion

• Osmosis

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

What is the process called when a cell expels substances through the fusion of vesicles with the cell membrane?

• Endocytosis

• Active Transport

• Exocytosis

• Facilitated Diffusion

What is the term for a dissolving substance in a solution?

• Solute

• Solvent

• Solution

• Isotonic Solution

Which term describes a substance that is dissolved in a solution?

• Solvent

• Solute

• Hypertonic Solution

• Cellular Transport

What is a type of mixture in which all the components are evenly distributed?

• Solvent

• Solute

• Solution

• Homeostasis