Diffusion Osmosis Passive transport Active transport Endocytosis ...

Chapter 4 Science VocabularyDiffusionOsmosisPassive transportActive transportEndocytosisExocytosisPhotosynthesisCellular respirationThe movement of particles from anarea where their concentration ishigh to an area where theirconcentration is lowThe diffusion of water through thecell membraneThe movement of particles throughproteins in the cell membrane withthe direction of diffusionThe movement of particles throughproteins in the cell membraneagainst the direction of diffusionThe process in which a cellmembrane surrounds a particle andencloses it in a vesicle to bring itinto the cellThe process used to remove largeparticles from a cell.The process by which plantscapture light energy from the sunand convert it into sugar.The process of producing ATP(energy) in the cell from oxygenand glucose. It releases carbondioxide and water

FermentationThe breakdown of sugars to makeATP in the absence of oxygenCell cycleThe life cycle of a cellChromosomeBinary fissionHomologous chromosomeChromatidsCentromereMitosisCytokinesisA coiled structure of DNA andprotein that forms in the cellnucleus during cell divisionSimple cell division in which one cellsplits in twoChromosomes with matchinginformationIdentical copies of a chromosomeThe region that holds chromatidstogether when a chromosome isduplicatedNuclear division in cells in whicheach cell receives a copy of theoriginal chromosomesThe process in which cytoplasmdivides after mitosis