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11 Cards in this Set
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What is the movement of substances across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell?
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Passive Transport
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What is the difference in the concentration of a substance across a distance?
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Concentration Gradient
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What is the movement of particles fom regions of higher density to regions of lower density?
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Diffusion
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What is the diffusion of water through a membrane that is permeable to the solvent?
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Osmosis
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What describes a solution whose solute concentration is higher than the solute concentration inside a cell?
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Hypertonic Solution
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What describes a solution whose solute concentration is lower than the solute concentration inside the cell?
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Hypotonic Solution
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What is a solution whose solute concentration is equal to the solute concentration inside a cell?
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Isotonic Solution
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What is a pore in a cell membrane through which ions can pass?
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Ion Channel
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What is a protein that transports substances across a cell membrane?
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Carrier Protein
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What is the transport of substances through a cell membrane along a concentration gradient with the aid of carrier proteins?
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Facilitated Diffusion
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What is the state at which concentrations of solutions on either side of a membrane are equal?
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Equilibrium
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