Cell Functions Unit Vocabulary Words

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Cell Functions Unit (32 words)

1. Passive transport

2. concentration gradient

3. equilibrium

4. diffusion

5. osmosis

6. hypertonic solution

7. hypotonic solution

8. isotonic solution

9. ion channel

10. carrier protein

11. facilitated diffusion

12. active transport

13. sodium-potassium pump

14. endocytosis

15. receptor protein

16. second messenger

17. photosynthesis

18. autotroph

19. heterotroph

20. cellular respiration

21. pigment

22. chlorophyll

23. carotenoid

24. thylakoid

25. electron transport chain

26. carbon dioxide fixation

27. Calvin cycle

28. aerobic

29. anaerobic

30. glycolysis

31. Krebs cycle

32.  fermentation