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Chapter 9 Vocab
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Biology
9th Grade
10/13/2009

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permeable
Definition
materials move easily through membrane (opposite of selectively permeable)
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Brownian motion
Definition
random movement of molecules
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diffusion
Definition
movement from high concentration to low concentration
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osmosis
Definition
diffusion of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane of high concentration to low concentration
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turgor pressure
Definition
pressure inside a cell, increases in hypotonic
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contractile vacuole
Definition
collect excess water and squeezes it out of cell, maintain balance in hypotonic
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plasmolysis
Definition
loss of water from a cell, drop in turgor pressure, cell wilts/shrinks
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transport proteins
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allow materials, wastes, molecules, ions to move through membrane
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passive transport
Definition
movement of particles across membranes by diffusion, no energy
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active transport
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movement of particles across membranes against concentration gradient, uses energy
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