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Biology - Unit 4
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Biology
10th Grade
01/13/2015

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What is a fluid mosaic model?
Definition
not rigid
fluid-like movement
proteins drift in phospholipid bilayer
Term
What is semipermeable?
Definition
allowing only certain substances through the barrier
Term
What are the 3 types of proteins in the phospholipid bilayer?
Definition
transport protein
receptor protein
recognition protein
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Is the inside of the phospholipid bilayer hydrophilic or hydrophobic?
Definition
hydrophobic
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What is passive transport?
Definition
molecules moving with the concentration gradient
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What is diffusion?
Definition
molecules of a solution moving from one area to another with the concentration gradient
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What is osmosis?
Definition
the diffusion of water molecules
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What is an isotonic solution?
Definition
equilibrium between solution and cell
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What is a hypertonic solution?
Definition
higher solution percentage than cell
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What is a hypotonic solution?
Definition
lower solution percentage than cell
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What is plasmolysis?
Definition
loss of turgor pressure
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What is facilitated diffusion?
Definition
molecules of a solution moving from one area to another with the concentration gradient with the aid of a transport protein
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What is active transport?
Definition
molecules moving against the concentration gradient while expending ATP
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What is endocytosis?
Definition
molecules being actively transported into a cell
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What is phagocytosis?
Definition
endocytosis when a membrane engulfs solid particle to carry into cytoplasm.
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What is pinocytosis?
Definition
endocytosis when a membrane engulfs liquid to carry into cytoplasm
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What is exocytosis?
Definition
molecules being actively transported out of a cell
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