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Process were some substances can cross the ceell membrane without any input of enerrgy by the cell
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Passive Transport
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The movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
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Diffusion
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The difference in the concentration of molecules across a distance
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Concentration Gradient
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Concentration of molecules will be the same throughout the space the molecules occupy
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Equilibrrium
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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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Osmosis
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A solution whose solute concentration is lower than the solute concentration inside a cell
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Hypotonic Solution
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A solution whose solute concentration is higher than the concentration inside a cell
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Hypertonic Solution
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Concentrations of solute outside and inside the cell are equal
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Isotonic Solution
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Organelles that remove water
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Contractile Vacuoles
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Pressure that water molecules exert against the cell wall
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Turgor Pressure
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Condition where the cell skrinks away from the cell wall
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Plasmolysis
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The bursting of cells
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Cytolysis
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Process used for molecules that cannot readily diffuse through cell membranes
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Facilitated Diffusion
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A protein that transports a substance across a cell membrane
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Carrier Protein
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A complex of proteins molecules in a cell membrane that form a pore through which ions can pass
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Ion Channels
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