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Cellular Structure and Function

Section 4 Cellular Transport

Main Idea Details

Skim Section 4 of the chapter. Write two questions that come to

mind from reading the headings and the illustration captions.

1.

2.
Review
Vocabulary Use your book or dictionary to define homeostasis.
homeostasis Regulation of an organism's internal environment to maintain

conditions needed for life.

New
Vocabulary Write the correct vocabulary term in the left column for each
definition below.
Diffusion net movement of particles from an area where there are many
particles of the substance to an area where there are fewer
Equilibrium
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condition in which there is continuous movement but no overall

change in concentration
Facilitated Diffusion form of transport that uses transport proteins to move other ions
and small molecules across the plasma membrane
Osmosis
diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane
Isotonic Solution solution in which the inside of the cell and the solution it is in have
the same concentration of water and solutes
Hypotonic Solution
solution that has a lower concentration of solutes than in the cell
Hypertonic Solution solution that has a higher concentration of solutes than in the cell
Active Transport using energy to move substances from a region of lower
concentration to a region of higher concentration
Endocytosis
process by which the plasma membrane surrounds a substance
outside the cell and moves it inside the cell
Exocytosis
process by which the plasma membrane surrounds a substance
inside the cell and moves it outside the cell

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Section 4 Cellular Transport (continued)

Main Idea Details

Diffusion Rephrase the process of diffusion in your own words, and give an
I found this information example.
on page 201 . Diffusion is the movement of molevules from an area of high concentration to an
area of low concentraton. An area of diffusion is placing a tea bag in hot water.

Osmosis: Summarize the relationship between water and the plasma

Diffusion of membrane by completing the concept map below.
Water
I found this information water flows
Water and
on page 203 . into the plasma
membrance the Plasma
Membrane flow through helps
and
homeostasis

osmosis is
the movement of water molecules from homeostasis is
regions of low solute concentration to
regions of high solute concentration
the process by which the body maintains a

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through a semi-permeable membrane.
fairly constant internal environment.

Model a cell in a hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic solution.

Underneath each model, summarize the effect of each solution on
the cell.

Solutions
Hypertonic Hypotonic Isotonic

The solution which The solution which The solution which

has a higher solute has a lower solute has a higher solute
concentration than concentration than concentration than
inside the cell. inside the cell. inside the cell.

Hypertonic solution Hypotonic solution

causes the swell and Cell will remain as is.
causes the cell to
shrink. eventually explode.

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Section 4 Cellular Transport (continued)

Main Idea Details

Active Transport Classify and summarize the five ways particles move through the
and Transport of membrane. Make notes and sketches in the rectangle for each one.
Large Particles
I found this information
on page 205 & 207 .
simple diffusion facilitated diffusion
Passive transport of
A form of diffusion ions and small
that does not require molecules across the
the assistance of plasma membrane by
membrane proteins. trasnport proteins.

active transport
Energy-requiring process by which substances
move across the plasma membrane against a
concentration gradient.
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exocytosis endocytosis
Energy-requiring Energy-requiring
process by which a process by which
cell expels wastes large substances
and secretes from the outside
substances at the environment can
plasma membrane. enter a cell.

C ONNECT Think of real-life movement between locations, and make

analogies of the five different kinds of transport that occurs through the cell
membrane. Explain how each type of transport works in your analogy.

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