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#26 Abigail Miller Ch. 4
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8th Grade
03/10/2014

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Passive Transport
Definition
Diffusion of particles through the proteins.
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Diffusion
Definition
Movement of particles from high concentration to low concentration.
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Osmosis
Definition
Diffusion of water through the cell membrane.
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Active Transport
Definition
Movement particles through proteins against the normal direction of diffusion.
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Endocytosis
Definition
The cell membrane surrounds a particle and encloses it in a vesicle.
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Exocytosis
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Where vesicles are formed at the endoplasmimc reticulum or golgi complex and carry particles to the cell membrane.
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Photosynthesis
Definition
Capture light energy from the sun and change it into food through a process.
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Cellular Respiration
Definition
the process of produceing ATP in the cell from oxygen and glucose releases CO2 and H2O
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Fermentation
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Cell Cycle
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Life cycle of a cell.
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Chromosomes
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The DNA of is organized intio structures.
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Binary Fission
Definition
Splitting into two parts.
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Homologous Chromosomes
Definition
Chromosomes with matching information.
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Chromatids
Definition
Identical chromosome copies.
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Centromere
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The region that holds chromatids together when a chromosome is duplicated.
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Mitosis
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Nuclear division in eukaryotic cells in which each cell receives a copy of the original chromosomes.
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Cytokinesis
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The process in which cytoplasm divides after mitosis.
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