Chapter 5 hw 10/16/03

Terms to know: (don't write out to turn in)
plasma membrane (a.k.a. cytosol membrane, cell membrane)
phospholipids
lipid bilayer
transmembrane proteins
glycocalyx
diffusion
osmosis
hypertonic
hypotonic
isotonic
phagocytosis
selectively permeable (differentially permeable, semipermeable)
active transport
water potential
osmotic potential
pressure potential
solute
solvent
concentration gradient

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Turn answers in for these:

1. Describe the fluid mosaic model of the cell membrane

2. What is diffusion?

3. What is osmosis?

4. Explain hyper, hypo and iso- tonic.

5. Differentiate between phagocytosis and pinocytosis

6. What is facilitated diffusion?

7. What is active transport?