​Plasma Membrane

Phospholipid bilayer with proteins that surrounds the cell regulating what enters and leaves the cell (maintaining homeostasis). ​

​Hypotonic

a solution with lower solute concentrations​

​Solute

the substance being dissolved into a solution​

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​Equilibrium

equal concentrations of solute distributed throughout​

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​Osmosis

the movement of water across a membrane from high to low concentration

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​Facilitated Diffusion

Movement of particles from high to low concentration with the hold of a protein​

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​Hypertonic

a solution with higher solute concentrations

​Passive Transport

the movement of substances from high to low areas of concentration

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​Solvent

Substance materials are dissolved to make a solution

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​Mitochondria

Organelle where cellular respiration takes place. Generates ATP.​

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Organelle that acts as a storage vaculole for various materials. It is very large in the plant cell to store water.​

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​Vacuole

​Lysosome

Organelle that contains digestive enzymes that are used to break down nonfunctioning organelles and debris​

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​Nucleus

Organelle defined by its membrane that houses and protects DNA.​

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​Chromatin

these are the thin uncoiled working structures of DNA​

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​Gogli Apparatus

Organelle that packages and ship cellular products. ​

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​Ribosome

Organelles that are the site of protein synthesis can be free floating or studded onto an ER making rough ER​

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​Centriole

reproductive structures that produce spindle fibers needed to seperate sister chromatid. ​

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​Chloroplast

Organelle found only in plants, site of photosynthesis. ​

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​Cell Wall

Rigid structure around the cell membrane of plant-like organisms that provides support and protection.​

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​Rough endoplasmic reticulum

endoplasmic reticulum that has ribosomes attached to it, modifies proteins.

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​Biotic

anything that is living or was living.​

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​Abiotic

​non-living things

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​Cytoplasm

the fluid that fills the inside of the cell surrounding the nucleus.​

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​Isotonic

when solutions have the same concentration of a solute. ​

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​Prokaryote(ic)

Cells that do not contain a nucleus or other membrane bound organelles​

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​Eukaryote(ic)

Cells with a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles. ​

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​Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

ER without ribosomes attached; this area processes and modifies lipids and carbohydrates. ​

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