2.1 Flashcards
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the movement of particles from regions of higher density to regions of lower density
diffusion
the diffusion of water through a semipermeable memrane
osmosis
the movement of substances across a membrane without the use of energy by the cell.
passive transport
the movement of substance across the cell membrane that requires the cell to use energy
active transport
the process by which a cell membrane surrounds a particle and encloses the particle in a vesicle to bring the particle into the cell
endocytosis
the process in which a cell releases a particle by enclosing the particle in a vesicle that then move to the cell surface and fuses with the cell membrane
exocytisis
water is made up of partcles
molecules
that only certain substances can pass through
semipermeable
small particles, such as sugars, cross the cell membrane through passage ways
channels
large particles move into and out of cell by processes called
endocytosis and exocytosis
sacs formed from pieces of cell membrane
vesicle