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active transport
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requires energy; moves particles against the normal direction of diffusion
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passive transport
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requires no energy; includes diffusion and osmosis
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diffusion
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an example of passive transport; the movement of solids, gases, and liquids besides water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
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osmosis
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an example of passive transport; the movement of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
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endocytosis
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the movement of LARGE particles into the cell
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exocytosis
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the movement of LARGE molecules out of the cell
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equilibrium
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a cell is always trying to create an equal balance between the inside of it and the outside. the cell is trying to reach ________.
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ATP
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a molecule that makes energy (therefore active transport requires this)
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photosynthesis
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the process plants use to make their food, occurs in the chloroplast
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cellular respiration
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the process that occurs in the mitochondrion to release energy from food, using oxygen (aerobic respiration)
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fermentation
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the process that releases energy stored in food without using oxygen (anaerobic respiration)
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