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| The diffusion of water across a cell membrane |
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| The movement of particles from an area where their concentration is high to an area where their concentration is low |
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| The diffusion of particles through proteins in the cell membrane from areas where teh concentration of particles is high to areas where the concentration of particles is low |
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| The movement of particles through proteins in the cell membrane against the direction of diffusion; requires cells to use energy |
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| The process in which a cell membrane surrounds a particle and encloses it in a vesticle to bring it into the cell |
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| The process used to remove large particlesf rom a cell; during exocytosis, a vesicle containing the particles fuses with the cell membrane |
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| the process by which plants caputre light energy from the sun and convert it into sugar |
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| The process of producing ATP in the cell from oxygen and glucose; releases carbon dioxide and water |
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| The breakdown of sugars to make ATP in the absence of oxygen. |
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| The Life cycle of a cell; in eukaryotes it consists of chromosome duplication, mitosis, and cytokinesis |
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| A coiled structure of DNA and protein that forms in the cell nucleus during cell division |
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| Chromosomeswith matching information |
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| Identical chromosome copies |
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| The region that holds chromatides together when a chromosome is duplicated |
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| Nuclear division in eukaryotic cells in which each cell receives a copy of the original chromosomes |
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| The process in which cytoplasm divides after mitosis. |
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