Cell Unit Vocab List 2

Question 1

When some things can pass through

Answer 1

Semipermeable

Question 2

The lipids on the cell membrane

Answer 2

Phospholipid bilayer

Question 3

Attracts water

Answer 3

Hydrophilic

Question 4

Repels water

Answer 4

Hydrophobic

Question 5

The fluids in a cell

Answer 5

Fluid mosaic model

Question 6

Transport that doesn’t require energy

Answer 6

Passive transport

Question 7

Transport that requires energy

Answer 7

Active transport

Question 8

Diffusion between areas of high concentration and areas of low concentration

Answer 8

Simple diffusion

Question 9

Diffusion of water

Answer 9

Osmosis

Question 10

The amount of a substance inside and outside a cell is equal

Answer 10

Equilibrium

Question 11

The concentration of a substance

Answer 11

Concentration gradient

Question 12

There is a lower concentration of solute

Answer 12

Hypotonic

Question 13

There is an equal amount of a solute

Answer 13

Isotonic

Question 14

There is a higher amount of solute

Answer 14

Hypertonic

Question 15

When a plant cell is stretched out

Answer 15

Turgid

Question 16

When something needs help to be diffused

Answer 16

Facilitated diffusion

Question 17

An open channel substances can pass through

Answer 17

Channel protein

Question 18

A protein that carries substances through

Answer 18

Carrier protein

Question 19

A pore water can pass through

Answer 19

Aquaporin

Question 20

Energy used by the cell for active transport

Answer 20

ATP

Question 21

A used ATP

Answer 21

ADP

Question 22

The pump maintaining high Na+ outside the cell, and high K+ inside the cell

Answer 22

Sodium potassium pump

Question 23

How cells ingest materials

Answer 23

Endocytosis

Question 24

Cells taking in fluids

Answer 24

Pinocytosis

Question 25

Cells taking in solids

Answer 25

Phagocytosis

Question 26

A bubble full of food

Answer 26

Vesicle

Question 27

Cells releasing materials

Answer 27

Exocytosis

Question 28

The phase before mitosis

Answer 28

Interphase

Question 29

Cell division

Answer 29

Mitosis

Question 30

Division of the cytoplasm

Answer 30

Cytokinesis

Question 31

The cycle of a cells life

Answer 31

Cell cycle

Question 32

Cell grows and makes proteins

Answer 32

G1 phase

Question 33

The chromosomes replicate

Answer 33

S phase

Question 34

The cell continues to grow and prepares for cell division

Answer 34

G2 phase

Question 35

Th stringy genetic material

Answer 35

Chromatin

Question 36

The two identical chromatids

Answer 36

Sister chromatids

Question 37

Condensed chromatin

Answer 37

Chromosomes

Question 38

Holds sister chromatids together

Answer 38

Centromere

Question 39

Aids in cell division

Answer 39

Centriole

Question 40

Fibers that pull chromosomes to each new cell

Answer 40

Spindle fibers

Question 41

Two cells produced after cell division

Answer 41

Daughter cells

Question 42

Chromatin condenses, centrioles separate

Answer 42

Prophase

Question 43

Chromosomes line up across the middle of the cell

Answer 43

Metaphase

Question 44

Chromatids separate

Answer 44

Anaphase

Question 45

Chromosomes uncoil into chromatin, nuclear envelope reforms.

Answer 45

Telophase

Question 46

Cell membrane pinches inward in animal cells

Answer 46

Cleavage furrow

Question 47

Barrier forms between two nuclei in plant cells

Answer 47

Cell plate

Question 48

Uncontrolled cell multiplication

Answer 48

Cancer

Question 49

When a cell checks itself during mitosis to make sure it is doing what it is supposed to do

Answer 49

Checkpoint

Question 50

When a cell tells itself to multiply

Answer 50

Internal signal

Question 51

When other cells tell a cell to multiply

Answer 51

External signal

Question 52

A harmless tumor

Answer 52

Benign tumor

Question 53

A deadly tumor

Answer 53

Malignant tumor

Question 54

When cancer cells spread to other parts of the body

Answer 54

Metastasis

Question 55

Cancer that grows in tissues

Answer 55

Carcinogen

Question 56

Treating cancer with radiation

Answer 56

Radiotherapy

Question 57

Treating cancer with chemicals

Answer 57

Chemotherapy

Question 58

When cells are different

Answer 58

Cell differentiation

Question 59

A stem cell in an embryo

Answer 59

Embryonic stem cell

Question 60

A stem cell in an adult

Answer 60

Adult stem cell