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Byers, OMM, Lesson 7b
OMM, THE BEGINNING, LESSON 7b
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08/12/2011

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Term
CELLULOSE
Definition
a chemical compound that plants can make out of sugar tha form fibers in plant cell walls. These fibers give
the plant structure and support.
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CHLOROPHYLL
Definition
green pigment, or coloring, important to plants because the light energy that it absorbs is used to make food.
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CHLOROPLAST
Definition
food is made in this green organelles in plants
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EPITHELIAL TISSUE
Definition
cheek cell
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Definition
process that uses light energy, carbon
dioxide, and water to produce the sugars and oxygen
needed by all living things
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PIGMENT
Definition
any coloring matter in cells and tissues of plants or animals. (ex: chlorophyll,
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active transport
Definition
takes place when energy is needed to
move substances through a cell membrane; uses transport proteins
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diffusion
Definition
random movement of molecules from an area where there are more of them into an area where there are fewer of them
Term
equilibrium
Definition
the number of molecules in two areas are the same
Term
osmosis
Definition
the diffusion of water through the cell membrane
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passive transport
Definition
movement of substances through the
cell membrane without using energy
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endocytosis
Definition
process of taking substances into a cell by surrounding them with the cell’s membrane
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exocytosis
Definition
process in which the contents of a vesicle are moved outside a cell
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selectively permeable
Definition
the ability of a cell to let some things come into or leave the cell. It also keeps other things from entering or leaving the cell.
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