quiz 2 biology Flashcards
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the best term to describe movement of waqter from a low concentration of solute to a high concentration of solute is.
osmosis
a red blood cell is placed in a salt water solution and it shriveled up. this means the the cytoplasm in the cell was ——— compared to the salt solution
hypotonic
active and passive transport are similar because they both
may use proteins
the proteins in the cell membrane pla a critical role in the functioning of a cell because it
helps to recognize cells around it
what is the loss of water through stomata and lenticels called
transpiration
which part of the leaf contains the structures that alow carobondioxyde to entre the leaf
epidermis
——– is a term that refers to the attraction of water molecules to eachother
cohesion
alveoli are the sites in the lungs that take in oxygen from the environment to oxygenate blood while also pulling out carbondioxide from the blood stream. this exchange of gasses in the aevioli of the human lung is an exapmle of
diffusion
animal cells are placed in a beaker of distilled water as shown on the diagram
expansion
the smal molecules in the diagram are entering the cell by the process called
endocytosis
what does xylem do
transports water, goes down
what does phloeme do
transports sucrose, goes where needed
what are thesimilarities of xyleme and phloeme
transoorts nutients around
what does spongy mesophyll do
loosly parked, sight of gas exchange
what does spongy palisade do
tightly packed, sight of photosynthasis
what are the similarities between spongy palisade and mesophyll
both contain chloroplastes
