Chapter 4 Vocab Words

Question 0

The movement of particles from regions of higher density of lower density

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Diffusion

Question 1

The diffusion of water through a semipermeable membrane

Answer 1

Osmosis

Question 2

The movement of substance across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell

Answer 2

Passive transport

Question 3

The movement of substances across a cell membrane that requires the cell to use energy

Answer 3

Active transport

Question 4

The process by which a cell membrane surrounds a particle and encloses the particle in a vesicle to bring the particle into the cell

Answer 4

Endocytosis

Question 5

The process in which a cell releases a particle by enclosing the particle in a vesicle that then moves to the cell surface and fuses with the cell membrane.

Answer 5

Exocytosis

Question 6

The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food

Answer 6

Photosynthesis

Question 7

Th process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food

Answer 7

Cellular respiration

Question 8

The breakdown of food with the use of oxygen

Answer 8

Fermentation

Question 9

The life cycle of a cell

Answer 9

Cell cycle

Question 10

In a eukaryotic cell, one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein in a prokaryotic cell, the main ring of DNA.

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Chromosome

Question 11

Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure

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Homologous chromosomes

Question 12

In eukaryotic cells, a process of cell division that forms two new nuclei, each of which has the same number

Answer 12

Mitosis

Question 13

The division of the cytoplasm of a cell

Answer 13

Cytokines