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15 Cards in this Set
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Osmosis
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The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane
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Isotonic Solution
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The concentration of dissolved substances in the solution is the same outside the cell as inside the cell
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Hypotonic Solution
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The concentration of dissolved substances is lower in the solution outside the cell than inside the cell
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Hypertonic Solution
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Concentration of dissolved substances outside the cell is higher than inside.
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Passive Transport
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Movement of particles across the membrane.
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Facilitated Diffusion
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Passive transport of materials across the membrane.
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Active Transport
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Movement of materials through a membrane against a concentration gradient.
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Endocytosis
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Process by which a cell surrounds and takes in material from its environment.
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Exocytosis
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Expulsion or secretion of materials from a cell
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Chromosomes
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Cell structures that carry the genetic material that is copied and passed from generation to generation of cells.
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Cell Cycle
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The sequence of growth and division of a cell.
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Interphase
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Cell grows in size and carries on metabolism.
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Mitosis
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Period of nuclear division
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Prophase
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The first and longest phase of mitosis. Long, stringy, chromatin coils up into visible chromosomes.
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Sister Chromatids
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2 halves of a chromosome.
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