Unit 3 Vocabulary

Processes, such as endocytosis and exocytosis, that require some of the cell's energy

• Active transport

• Facilitated diffusion
• Passive transport

• Osmosis

the membrane that surrounds the contents of a cell and allows only certain things into and out of the cell

• Cell wall
• Cytoplasm
• Cell membrane
• Nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

the movement of materials into and out of cells

• Cell division
• Cell respiration
• Cell metabolism
• Cell transport

a way of describing the structure and function of a cell membrane; includes the phospholipid bilayer, proteins, carbohydrates, and cholesterol

• Cell theory
• Endosymbiotic theory
• Plasma membrane model
• Fluid mosaic model

the process of keeping the internal conditions of an organism stable

• Equilibrium
• Stability
• Adaptation
• Homeostasis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

attracted to water or able to be dissolved in water; "water-loving"

• hydrophilic
• aqueous
• lipophilic
• hydrophobic

repelled by water or not able to be dissolved in water; "water-fearing

• hydrophilic
• aqueous
• hydrophobic
• soluble

processes, such as osmosis and diffusion, that do not require energy from the cell

• Passive transport

• Facilitated diffusion techniques
• Endocytosis mechanisms
• Active transport

the two layers of phospholipid molecules arranged tail to tail that help to make up cell membranes

• phospholipid membrane
• phospholipid layer
• phospholipid bilayer
• phospholipid monolayer

having a partial positive electrical charge on one end and a partial negative electrical charge on the other end

• Non-polar

• Polar

• Quadrupole
• Monopole