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| Question | Answer |
| Active Transport | Describes what happens when a cell uses energy to transport something |
| Cell specialization | Specialized cells differ in structure, size, shape, and function. |
| Concentration | Amount of a subcomponent in a solution |
| Diffusion | Chemical and biological process when molecules from a material move from high to low concentration |
| Endocytosis | The taking in of matter by a living cell by invagination of its membrane to form a vacuole |
| Equilibrium | when concentrations of reactants and products don't change over time |
| Exocytosis | The exiting of matter by a living cell |
| Facilitated diffusion | Concentration goes from high to low |
| Hypertonic | having increased pressure |
| Hypotonic | having reduced pressure |
| Isotonic | same osmotic pressure as some other solution in cell |
| Lipid Bilayer | thin polar membrane made of two layers of lipid molecules |
| Organ | part of an organism typically cells contained |
| Organ system | A group of organs that work together to perform one function |
| Osmosis | when molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated solution |
| Phagocytosis | The process by which a cell engulfs a solid particle |
| Pinocytosis | The ingestion of liquid into a cell by the budding of small vesicles from the cell membrane |
| Tissue | Distinct types of material by which animals and plants are created |
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