Cell Processes
This organelle is where photosynthesis takes place.
Chloroplast
This type of membrane allows only some substances through.
Selective Permeable
The body system that protects against pathogens.
Immune System
This process converts sugar and oxygen into energy in cells.
Cellular Respiration
When particles are evenly distributed on both sides of a membrane.
equilibrium
The body’s first line of defense includes this outer barrier.
Skin
Organisms too small to be seen without magnification.
Microbes
The cell structure that controls what enters and leaves.
cell membrane
This response involves swelling, redness, and fever.
Inflammation
Microbes that cause disease.
Pathogens
This is the term used for viruses that enter the body and are targeted by the immune system
What is an antigen
The movement of particles from high to low concentration.
Diffusion
A material that lets nothing pass through it.
impermeable
White blood cells that engulf invaders.
Phagocytes
This is the layer of proteins that allows materials in and out of bacteria
What is the cell membrane
A sudden increase in disease cases in a specific area.
epidemic
This process describes water moving across a membrane.
Osmosis
The term for amount of substance in a given space
concentration
Proteins made by B cells that target specific pathogens.
Antibodies
Antibiotics are effective against these but NOT viruses.
Bacteria
Substances that trigger immune protection against disease.
Vaccines