The type of transport when molecules move uncontrolled down a concentration gradient.
What is passive transport?
100
Enclosed compartment within a cell that performs a specific function.
What is organelle?
100
This is the substance that moves in osmosis.
What is water?
100
This molecule provide the most energy to drive chemical reactions in a cell.
What is ATP (adenosine tri-phosphate)
200
The movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane towards charged or polar particles.
What is osmosis?
200
Cells which are very active are loaded with this energy producing organelle.
What is mitochondria?
200
Water will move across this type of membrane, which means some things can pass while other substances cannot.
What is semi-permiable?
300
The term given to a cell "swallowing" a large body (white blood cells do this.)
What is endocytosis?
300
Like a hard drive of a computer, this organelle stores all the information necessary to "build" a copy of you.
What is the nucleus?
300
The type of asexual reproduction seen in bacteria.
What is binary fission?
400
The movement of particles against a concentration gradient. This type of movement requires energy.
What is active transport?
400
Protiens, Protiens, Protiens...We love to make protiens!
What is a ribosome.
400
The Greek scholar Aristotle studied plants. He believed that plants obtain everything they need from the soil. Current understanding does not support this belief. Which of the following would least likely be absorbed from the soil?
F Minerals
G H2O
H Nitrates
J CO2
What is CO2?
500
A type of controlled diffusion where particles are guided through a carrier protein.
What is facillitated diffusion?
500
Where photosynthesis occurs.
What is chloroplast?
500
Term given to cells that "burst" or "pop" in a hypotonic solution.