Word Roots Quiz Ch. 7

Question 1

Amphi

Answer 1

Dual

Question 2

Aqua

Answer 2

Water

Question 3

Pori

Answer 3

A small opening

Question 4

Co

Answer 4

Together

Question 5

Trans

Answer 5

Across

Question 6

Electro

Answer 6

Electricity

Question 7

-genic

Answer 7

Producing

Question 8

Endo

Answer 8

Inner

Question 9

Cyto

Answer 9

Cell

Question 10

Exo

Answer 10

Outer

Question 11

Hyper

Answer 11

Exceeding

Question 12

-tonus

Answer 12

Tension

Question 13

Hypo

Answer 13

Lower

Question 14

Iso

Answer 14

Same

Question 15

Phago

Answer 15

eat

Question 16

Pino

Answer 16

Drink

Question 17

Plasm

Answer 17

Molded

Question 18

-lyso

Answer 18

Loosen

Question 19

Amphipathic molecule

Answer 19

A molecule that has both a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic region

Question 20

Aquaporin

Answer 20

A transport protein in the plasma membrane of a plant or animal cell that specifically facilitates the diffusion of water across the membrane

Question 21

Cotransport

Answer 21

The coupling of the “downhill” diffusion of one substance to the “uphill” transport of another against its own concentration gradient

Question 22

Electrogenic pump

Answer 22

An ion transport protein generating voltage across a membrane

Question 23

Endocytosis

Answer 23

The movement of materials into a cell; cell eating

Question 24

Exocytosis

Answer 24

The movement of materials out of a cell

Question 25

Hypertonic

Answer 25

A solution with a higher concentration of solutes

Question 26

Hypotonic

Answer 26

A solution with a lower concentration of solutes

Question 27

Isotonic

Answer 27

Solutions with equal concentrations of solutes

Question 28

Phagocytosis

Answer 28

Cell eating

Question 29

Pintcytosis

Answer 29

Cell drinking

Question 30

Plasmolysis

Answer 30

A phenomenon in walled cells in which cytoplasm shrivels and the plasma membrane pulls away from the cell wall when the cell loses water to a hypertonic environment