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Total cards: 16•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

selectively permeable

Back (Answer)

allowing water to freely pass thru but regulating movement of solutes

#2
Front (Question)

solvent

Back (Answer)

dissolving agent

#3
Front (Question)

solute

Back (Answer)

dissolved substance

#4
Front (Question)

diffusion

Back (Answer)

physical process molecules move from high concentration to low

#5
Front (Question)

osmosis

Back (Answer)

diffusion of molecules thru selectively permeable membrane

#6
Front (Question)

hypotonic

Back (Answer)

water flows in

#7
Front (Question)

hypertonic

Back (Answer)

water flows out

#8
Front (Question)

isotonic

Back (Answer)

no water flow

#9
Front (Question)

turgor pressure

Back (Answer)

pressure of protoplast on cell wall owing to uptake of water

#10
Front (Question)

osmolarity

Back (Answer)

concentration of nonpenetrating solutes

#11
Front (Question)

water potential

Back (Answer)

potential energy from water

#12
Front (Question)

Brownian movement

Back (Answer)

observe large particles suspended in water in motion simplar to that observed by Brown

#13
Front (Question)

lysis

Back (Answer)

cells swell and membrane burst

#14
Front (Question)

crenate

Back (Answer)

cells shrivel and appear bumpy

#15
Front (Question)

plasmolysis

Back (Answer)

plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water moves out of cell; protoplast shrinks and pull away from cell wall

#16
Front (Question)

turgid

Back (Answer)

swollen