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CELL MEMBRANE
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KEY CONCEPT VOCABULARY

The cell membrane is a barrier that cell membrane selective permeability
separates a cell from the external
phospholipid receptor
environment.
fluid mosaic model

MAIN IDEA: Cell membranes are composed of two phospholipid layers.

1. Draw a phospholipid in the box below. Label the three major parts.

A charged phosphate group

Glyccerol

Two fatty acid chains

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The head
O 2. Which part ofa phospholipid is charged, or polar?

3. Which part ofa phospholipid is nonpolar?

The tails

4. What type of molecules interact with water, polar or nonpolar? The polar molecules interact with water

5. Where does a cell membrane come into contact with water? It interacts with water on its interior and exterior surfaces
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6. Why do the phospholipids surrounding the cell form a bilayer? because the tails are hydrophobic

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A cell membrane has other types of molecules embedded in the phospholipid bilayer List a
function of each type of molecule in the table below

Molecule Function

7. Cholesterol To maintain the integrity and fluidity of cell membrane

8. Proteins It helps repair and build body tissues

9. Carbohydrates It stores and provides energy

10. In what way is a membrane fluid?

Molecules are able to move

11. Draw a picture in the box below to represent selective permeability.

outside inside

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SECTION
DIFFUSION AND OSMOSIS
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KEY CONCEPT VOCABULARY

Materials move osmosis
passive transport hypotonic
across membranes
diffusion isotonic facilitated diffusion
because of
concentration gradient hypertonic
concentration
differences.

MAIN IDEA: Diffusion and osmosis are types of passive transport.

1. What is a concentration gradient?

It is the difference in the concentration of a substance from one location to another

2. What does it mean for a molecule to diffuse down a concentration gradient?

Its the movement from a higher concentration to a lower contraction.

Complete the concept map below about passive transport.

Passive transport 7.
requires no
energy
example example

3.
diffusion 4.

osmoses

o is gets energy from is

the diffusion
5. 6.
of water
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Concentration gradient natural state of motion

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8. The higher the concentration of dissolved particles in a solution, the

lower the concentration of water molecules in that solution.

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Suppose you have three solutions with different concentrations of particles. Relative to the

concentration of particles in a cell, one solution is isotonic, one is hypertonic, and one is

hypotonic. Use this information to answer the next two questions.

9. Which solution has the highest concentration of particles?

Hypertonic

10. Which solution has the highest concentration of water molecules?

Hypotonic

MAIN IDEA: Some molecules diffuse through transport proteins.

11. How does facilitated diffusion differ from simple diffusion?

Membrane proteins help move molecules across the membrane.

12. In facilitated diffusion, do molecules move down a concentration gradient or against a

concentration gradient?

Down a concentration gradient

Vocabulary Check
13. The difference in the concentration of a substance from one location to another is a

Concentration Gradient

14. People with excess energy are described as hyper. How does this relate to the meaning
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of hypertonic?

hyper person has excess energy and hypertonic has higher concentration or excess concentration.
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15. The word facilitate means "to make easier." How does this meaning apply to facilitated
diffusion? o

The transport proteins make it easier for molecules to enter and exit the cell.

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