Going Places
General term for transport of materials down/with a concentration gradient
What is passive transport?
Prefix in the metric system which means "one hundred"
What is centi-?
Bilge pump of animal cells that live in pond water
What is the contractile vacuole?
Proper name for the cell membrane
What is phospholipid bilayer?
The stomach of the cell
What is the lysosome?
What is facilitated transport?
Name of this SI unit:
nm
What is nanometer?
Used to be a free-living prokaryote that could "eat" sunlight
What is the chloroplast?
What is the fluid mosaic model?
A collection of tissues
What is an organ?
General name for any type of transport that needs energy in the form of ATP
What is active transport?
Prefix that means the same as "1 x 10-6"?
What is micro-?
Makes tons of ATP
What is mitochondria?
Type of molecule which forms the basis or fabric of the cell membrane
What are phospholipids?
Relatively constant internal conditions of an organism
What is homeostasis?
The diffusion of water
Unit of measure which is most appropriate for measuring eukaryotic cells
What is μm (micrometers)?
An organelle only a mother could give
What is mitochondria?
Molecules that provide the functionality of the cell membrane
What are proteins?
Organizational structure found in multicellular living things
What is hierarchical organization?
Source of energy for passive transport
What is potential energy inherent in the high concentration of materials?
Name of this Greek letter:
μ
What is mu?
Organelle which provides turgor pressure for plants
What is central vacuole?
This 2-word phrase describes the movement of phospholipids and proteins in the cell membrane
What is later diffusion?
Single-celled photosynthetic organisms which live in water
What are plankton (phytoplankton or plant plankton)?