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49 Cards in this Set
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all cells are surrounded with a thing, flexible barrier called the ____
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cell membrane
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many cells also produce a strong supporting layer around the cell membrane called the ____
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cell wall
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cell membrane regulates ____ and provides ____
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what goes in and out
protection and support |
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composition of nearly all cell membranes is a double-layered sheet called the ____
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lipid bilayer
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what are embedded in cell membranes?
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proteins
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what are attached to cell membranes?
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carbohydrates
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cell walls are found in ____
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plants, algae, fungi, and many prokaryotes
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cell walls provides ____ for the ____
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protection and support for the cell
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cell walls are made of ____
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fibers of carbohydrates and proteins
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every living cell sexists in ____ environment
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liquid
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cell membrane regulates the movement of ____ from the ____ of one side of the ____ to the liquid on the other side
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dissolved molecules
liquid membrane |
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concentration
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mass of solute in a given volume of solution, or mass/volume
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diffusion
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process of when molecules move from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration
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diffusion doesn't require ____
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energy
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equilibrium
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when concentration is same throughout a system
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some particles are too strongly charged or too large to cross the ____
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liquid bilayer
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if a substance is able to diffuse across a membrane, the membrane is said to be ____ to it
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permeable
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most biological membranes are ____, meaning that some substances can pass across them and other cannot
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selectively permeable
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____ passes quite easily across most membranes, even though many solute molecules cannot
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water
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osmosis
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the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane
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water will tend to move across the membrane until ____ is reached
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equilibrium
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isotonic means
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"same strength"
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hypertonic means
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"above strength"
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hyptonic means
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"below strength"
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in hypertonic solution, animal cells ____ and plant cell ____ collapse
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shrink
vacuoles |
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in a hypotonic solution, animal cells ____ and ____, and the vacuoles of plant cells ____, pushing the cell contents out against the cell wall
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swell and burst
swell |
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for organisms to survive, they must have a way to balance the ____ and ____ of water
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intake loss
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osmosis exerts osmotic pressure on the ____side of a selectively permeable membrane
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hypertonic
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most cells in large organisms aren't in danger of bursting. they don't come in contact with ____. instead, they are bathed in fluids, such as blood, that are ____
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fresh water, isotonic
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the isotonic fluids that cells are bathed in have ____ of ____ roughly equal to those in the cells themselves
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concentration
dissolved materials |
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plant cells are surrounded by tough cell walls the prevent the cells from ____, even under tremendous ____
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expanding, osmotic pressure
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increased osmotic pressure makes the plants cells extremely ____ to ____ to their cells walls
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vulnerable, injuries
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a few molecules, such as the ____, seems to pass through the cell membrane much more quickly than they should
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sugar glucose
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how does some strongly charged or large molecules pass through the cell membrane much more quickly?
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cell membranes have protein channels that make it easy for certain molecules to cross the membrane
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red blood cells have a cell membrane ____ with an internal ____ that allows glucose to pass through it
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protein, channel
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facilitated diffusion
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movement of specific molecules across the cell membranes through protein channels
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faciliated diffusion is ____ and ____
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fast and specific
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active transport
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energy-requiring process that moves material across a cell membrane against a concentration difference
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the active transport of small molecules or ions across a cell membrane is generally carried out by ____ or "____" that are found in the ____ itself
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transport proteins or "pumps", membrane
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endocytosis
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process of taking material into the cell by means of infoldings, or pockets, of the cell membrane
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the pocket that results in endocytosis breaks loose from the outer portion of the cell membrane and forms a ____ within the ____
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vacuole, cytoplasm
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two examples of endocytosis
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phagocytosis
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phgocytosis
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extensions of cytoplasm surround a particle and package it within a food vacuole
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____ uses phagocytosis to take in food
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amoebas
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engulfing material requires a considerable amount of ____
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energy
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pinocytosis
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when a cell takes in liquid from the surrounding environment
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in pinocytosis, tiny pockets form along the cell ____, fill with ____, and pinch off to form ____ within the ____
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membrane, liquid, vacuoles, cell
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exocytosis
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when a cell release large amounts of material
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during exocytosis, the membrane of the ____ surrounding the material fuses with the cell membrane, forcing the contents ____ of the cell
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vacuole, out
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