Vacuole Water and solute storage Vesicle Membrane- bound sac that transports substances around and out of the cell Chloroplast Site of photosynthesis Lysosome Contains digestive enzymes - the cell's garbage disposal Passive Without energy / along concentration gradient Plasma / cell membrane Selectively permeable phospholipid bilayer Fluid mosaic model The theory of how the plasma membrane is structured Solute A substance dissolved in a solvent Concentration gradient The difference in solute concentration between two adjacent areas Hydrophilic Attracted to water Hydrophobic Repels water Ribosomes Site of protein synthesis Cytoplasm The space inside a cell between the plasma membrane and the nucleus Mitochondrion Site of aerobic cellular respiration Golgi apparatus / body Site of protein packaging for export from the cell Nucleus Contains genetic information (DNA) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER) Site of lipid synthesis Diffusion The movement of particles down their concentration gradient Prokaryotes A group of single- celled organisms, with no nucleus or membrane-bound organelles Cytosol Fluid inside the cell Cell wall Sturdy border outside the plasma membrane of plant cells Phospholipid The main molecule of which membranes are composed Eukaryotes A group of organisms with cells containing a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles Rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) Site of protein modification, studded with ribosomes Vacuole Water and solute storage Vesicle Membrane- bound sac that transports substances around and out of the cell Chloroplast Site of photosynthesis Lysosome Contains digestive enzymes - the cell's garbage disposal Passive Without energy / along concentration gradient Plasma / cell membrane Selectively permeable phospholipid bilayer Fluid mosaic model The theory of how the plasma membrane is structured Solute A substance dissolved in a solvent Concentration gradient The difference in solute concentration between two adjacent areas Hydrophilic Attracted to water Hydrophobic Repels water Ribosomes Site of protein synthesis Cytoplasm The space inside a cell between the plasma membrane and the nucleus Mitochondrion Site of aerobic cellular respiration Golgi apparatus / body Site of protein packaging for export from the cell Nucleus Contains genetic information (DNA) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER) Site of lipid synthesis Diffusion The movement of particles down their concentration gradient Prokaryotes A group of single- celled organisms, with no nucleus or membrane-bound organelles Cytosol Fluid inside the cell Cell wall Sturdy border outside the plasma membrane of plant cells Phospholipid The main molecule of which membranes are composed Eukaryotes A group of organisms with cells containing a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles Rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) Site of protein modification, studded with ribosomes
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Water and solute storage
Membrane-bound sac that transports substances around and out of the cell
Site of photosynthesis
Contains digestive enzymes - the cell's garbage disposal
Without energy / along concentration gradient
Selectively permeable phospholipid bilayer
The theory of how the plasma membrane is structured
A substance dissolved in a solvent
The difference in solute concentration between two adjacent areas
Attracted to water
Repels water
Site of protein synthesis
The space inside a cell between the plasma membrane and the nucleus
Site of aerobic cellular respiration
Site of protein packaging for export from the cell
Contains genetic information (DNA)
Site of lipid synthesis
The movement of particles down their concentration gradient
A group of single-celled organisms, with no nucleus or membrane-bound organelles
Fluid inside the cell
Sturdy border outside the plasma membrane of plant cells
The main molecule of which membranes are composed
A group of organisms with cells containing a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles
Site of protein modification, studded with ribosomes
