Overview: Life at the Edge The plasma membrane separates the living cell from its nonliving surroundings. This thin barrier‚ 8 nm thick‚ controls traffic into and out of the cell. Like all biological membranes‚ the plasma membrane is selectively permeable‚ allowing some substances to cross more easily than others. Concept 7.1 Cellular membranes are fluid mosaics of lipids and proteins The main macromolecules in membranes are lipids and proteins‚ but carbohydrates are also important. The
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Question 1 Identify the structure highlighted in light yellow | | plasma membrane | | | endoplasmic reticulum | | | Golgi apparatus | | | vesicle | | | vacuole | Question 2 The molecule listed below is an example of a(n) _____. | | phospholipid | | | cholesterol | | | steroid | | | fat | | | oil | Question 3 Identify Structure D | | glycoprotein | | | cholesterol | | | phospholipid bilayer of membrane | | | extracellular matrix
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| 2012 | | Toby Rheinberger Lab Partner: Jeremy Saba | [The Effect of surface area to volume ratio and solute concentration on osmosis.] | The aim of this experiment was to test the effect of surface area on osmosis and the effect of solute concentration on osmosis. To test this aim to hypotheses were devised. 1) If potato pieces are immersed in various salt solutions‚ then the pieces with the greatest surface area to volume ratio will experience the greatest weight change‚ because more
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Word | Definition | Clue | Cell Theory | A theory that states that all organisms are made of cells‚ all cells are produced by other living things‚ and the cell is the most basic unit of life. | | Cytoplasm | A jellylike substance that contains dissolved molecular building blocks- such as proteins‚ nucleic acids‚ minerals‚ and ions. | | Organelles | Structures that are specialized to perform distinct processes within a cell. | | Prokaryotic Cells | Cells that do not have a nucleus or other
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Brownian motion This is‚ presumably the random drifting of particles suspended in a fluid (a liquid or a gas) .This movement was discovered and later named after botanist Robert Brown (1773-1858). He was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions (including Brownian motion) to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope. The scientist who made Brownian motion famous is Albert Einstein‚ who brought the phenomenon to the attention of the larger physics community
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concentrated solution‚ the solution becomes hypertonic to the cells‚ causing water to exit the cells. This changes the appearance of the cells‚ causing the cells to look darker (more concentrated) and shriveled up. Null Hypothesis: When animal and plant cells are placed in a solution‚ the movement of water is not effected by the solute concentration of the solution. If animal and plant cells are placed in a more concentrated solution‚ the solution will not become hypertonic to the cells and water will not exit
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solvent concentration to an area of low solvent concentration. The water was diffused from a hypotonic solution to a hypertonic solution. Because of the amount of water in the vacuoles‚ the cell became turgid. The observation under the microscope of a cell of an onion skin soaked for 15 minutes in 1 molar sucrose solution showed that the cell membrane shrunk away from the cell wall in response of the hypertonic environment. The rigidity of the cell wall protects it from collapsing and therefore the
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Problem question: When a Shell - less egg is placed into a beaker of corn syrup‚ will there be any water going into or out of the egg and if the shell - less egg is placed in a beaker of distilled water will be any net flow of water going into or out of the egg. Hypothesis: If a shell - less egg is placed into a beaker of corn syrup solution‚ then there will be a net flow of water going into the egg because the water molecules will be small enough to pass through the membrane of the egg. If
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Osmosis: How fast can you move? The Rate at which Osmosis Occurs when Exposed to Various Toxicities Within the human body many things are occurring at all times. Without these small‚ seemingly insignificant processes all human life would cease to exist. One of the aforementioned activities is Osmosis‚ or the movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane eventually establishing equilibrium on both sides of the concentration gradient (Freeman 90). During this specific experiment involving
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dynamic equilibrium has been reached. This is the point where the concentrations in both areas are equal and no net movement will occur from one area to another. If two solutions have the same solute concentration‚ the solutions are said to be isotonic. If
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