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| Crossing the cell membrane without any input of energy by the cell in a process known as passive transport |
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| Movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration |
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| Difference in the concentration of molecules across a distance |
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| Opposing forces or influences are balanced |
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| Process by which water molecules diffuse across a cell membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration |
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| When the concentration of solute molecules outside the cell is lower than the concentration in the cytosol |
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| When the concentration of solute molecules outside the cell is higher than in the cytosol |
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| When the concentration of solution outside and inside the cell are equal |
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| Organelle that removes water |
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| Pressure that water molecules exert against the cell wall |
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| In a hypertonic environment water leaves the cells through osmosis |
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| Type of passive transport |
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| Proteins that assist in the movement of molecules across a cell membrane |
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| Type of transport involving membrane proteins |
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| When cells move materials up their concentration gradient |
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| Active transport in an animal cell involving a carrier protein |
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| process by which cells ingest external fluids, macromolecules, and large particles, including other cells |
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| The pouch that pinches off from the cell membrane and becomes a membrane-bound organelle |
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| Involves the transport of so lutes or fluids |
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| Movement of large particles or whole cells |
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| Cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter or microorganisms |
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| Process by which a substance is released from the cell through a vesicle |
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