Chapter 5 Vocab. Flashcards

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1
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The passage of a substance through a cell membrane

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Transport

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2
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Occurs when a substance passes through the cell membrane without needing any energy to pass through

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Passive Transport

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3
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The number of particles of a substance in a given volume

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Concentration

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4
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Is known as moving down the concentration gradient

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Diffusion

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5
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Occurs when a substance diffuses through a cell membrane without any help from other molecules

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Simple diffusion

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6
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When very large molecules can’t pass through the cell membrane and they need help to pass through what help is provided by proteins

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Transport proteins

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7
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The process of molecules that need help to get through the membrane

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Facilitated diffusion

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8
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The special case of the diffusion of water

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Osmosis

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9
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Occurs when a substance passes through the cell membrane with the help of extra energy

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Active transport

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10
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Substances that are too big to be pumped across the cell membrane that can leave or enter the cell by…

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Vesicle transport

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11
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A simple carbohydrate with the chemical formula C6H12O6

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Glucose

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12
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Process in which glucose is made using energy in light

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Photosynthesis

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13
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Living things that make glucose

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Autotrophs

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14
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Living things that obtain glucose by eating autotrophs

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Heterotrophs

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15
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A type of plastic or plant organelle

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Chlorophast

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16
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Green pigment

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Chlorophyll

17
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Stacks of flattened sacs of membrane

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Thylakoids

18
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The space surrounding thylakoids

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Stoma

19
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Occur in the first stage of photosynthesis

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Light reactions

20
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Occurs in the second stage of photosynthesis

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Calvin cycle

21
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The process in which cells break down glucose, released the stored energy, and use the energy to make ATP.

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Cellular respiration

22
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The first stage of cellular respiration.

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Glycolysis

23
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Anything that doesn’t need oxygen

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Anaerobic

24
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The second stage of cellular respiration

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Krebs cycle

25
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Anything that NEEDS oxygen

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Aerobic

26
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The third and final stage of cellular respiration

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Electron transport

27
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When organisms can produce ATP from glucose anaerobically

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Fermentation