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Biology H-Mr. Willets

Pg 95 (start at the very top)

1) How do cell membranes help maintain homeostasis (stable internal environment)? _______________

______________________________________________

2) If substances cross the cell membrane without the cell using energy, it is called __________________

transport.

3) Define diffusion______________________________________________________________

4) The difference in concentration is called the concentration _________________________

5) Molecules (like the sugar in the example) move because they have ________________energy are in __________________ motion.

6) As molecules move and bounce off objects they spread out moving from areas of _______________ concentration to areas of ________________________________________.

7) When the molecules have spread out completely and are evenly spaced, they have reached a state called

____________________________________

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8) Even when they reach equilibrium, the molecules keep ________________.

7) If a molecule can pass through a membrane, it will diffuse from an area of ________________

____________________________ to an area of ___________________________________

8) Molecules that can dissolve in _________________ can pass easily through the membrane (because it is made of ______________) Molecules that are small can pass through the ____________ formed by the proteins in the membrane.

9) Define Osmosis- ____________________________________________________________

10) Water diffusing in and out of a cell can be described three ways-

a) Cells in hypotonic solution- water diffuses _______________ the cell until equilibrium.

b) Cells in hypertonic solution- water diffuses ______________the cell until equilibrium is reached

c) Cells in ________________ solution- water diffuses in and out of the cell ____________________

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11) Which type of osmotic situation (see #10 above) does not pose a problem to cells? _______________

12) In hypotonic situations, water ________________ the cell. It is often removed by an organelle called the _____________________ vacuole. This is common in unicellular organisms that live in _________________________. The contractile vacuole requires that the cell use _____________ to get rid of the water.

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13)What prevents plant cells from bursting when water enters? _______________________ The pressure that builds up in cells when water enters is called _____________________________

14) In hypertonic situations, water __________________ the cell. This cause loss of ____________

pressure and the cell shrinks- this is called ______________________

15) Red blood cells have to live in an _____________________ solution. If they are in hypertonic solution, the cells will __________________. If they are in hypotonic solution, the cells will _________________ which is called _________________________. (What does this word literally mean?)

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16) __________________________ diffusion is when molecules that cannot normally get through a membrane are assisted through by _____________________ in the membrane. These proteins are called __________________ proteins. The cell does not have to supply energy for this to happen, so it is _____________________ transport. This is still diffusion, so the molecules still move from _______________ to _________________ concentration.

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17) Another kind of passive transport helps move ions (molecules with charges on them) through the membrane. The proteins that do this are known as ion _________________. Some of these are always open while others have ______________ that open or close in response to stimuli.

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18) If a cell moves substances from lower to higher concentration, it is called _________________ transport. This requires that the cell use _______________

19) Proteins in the cell membrane that help active transport are called membrane _______________

One example of this is the _________________-____________________ pump.

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20) Endocytosis- process by which cells ingest (take in) external fluid, ____________________ or large ____________________

21) There are two types of endocytosis: ______________________ which takes in fluids and ________________________ which takes in large particles (or even whole cells)

22) What is the name of the process that is the opposite of endocytosis? ________________________