Suppose that a woman runs a long-distance race in the summer. During the race, she loses a large amount of hyposmotic sweat. You would expect her cells to

Q: Cells engulfing large solid particles is called __________________.

A: Endocytosis:It is a type of cellular process in which the substances are brought inside the cell. It…

Q: Tonoplast, also called vacuolar membrane is a differentially permeable membrane surrounds the…

A: The cells are the basic structural and fundamental unit of the living system. It consist of many…

Q: Blood cells have a rigid cell wall.

A: Blood cells does not have cell walls. It’s only the plant cells that has rigid cell walls to provide…

Q: Fill in the blank:  _______ turns food into a new form: a form that cells can use.

A: Introduction Biomolecules are generally found in the complex form such as in polymer stage. Cells in…

Q: is the division of the cytoplasmic mass into two parts..

A: Mitosis is equational division.It consists of two phases -  1.Interphase - It consists of G1 , S and…

Q: Regulation of cytoskeleton function by cell signaling.

A: The cytoskeleton is a network of filaments and tubules that expands over a cell through the…

Q: During phagocytosis, which action is associated with destruction? a. exocytosis b. adhesion c.…

A: Destroying of cell by breaking its cell membrane is known as phagocytosis

Q: A cell from heart muscle would probably have an unusually high proportion of

A: Heart Muscle  A cardiac muscle cell is highly branched and contains gap junctions called…

Q: Stem cells: What property of stem cells makes them interesting to scientists?

A: Stems are unspecialized cells that do not have any physiological properties. It is self-renewal that…

Q: Why would a cell die if it could not make ATP?

A: Aerobic respiration is accomplished in three stages called glycolysis, Krebs cycle and electron…

Q: A chemical works as a disinfectant by poking holes in bacterial cell membranes. Why would this stop…

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Q: Which form of transport through the plasma membrane requires the expendi- ture of energy by the…

A: Active transport is the movement of molecules across a cell membrane across a concentration gradient…

Q: The cell membrane surrounds some smaller molecules in solution and takes them into the cell. This is…

A: Introduction: A bilayer forms the cell membrane. This is composed of phospholipids with polar,…

Q: In general, which is more damaging to membranes, extreme heat or extreme cold? Why?

A: Cell is covered by a phospholipid bilayer called as Plasma membrane. It is a semi permeable membrane…

Q: Which process does not require cellular energy (and thus, it is a passive process)? a. primary…

A: Passive transport – whenever a substance is greater in concentration on one side of cell membrane or…

Q: Process by cell membrane that take in fluids and dissolve substances

A: The movements of ions and molecules in and across the cell membrane are regulated by a set of…

Q: Which process uses special proteins on the surface of the membraneto identify specific molecules for…

A: BASIC INFORMATION PROTEINS  These are formed by the different amino acids  These amino acids are of…

Q: Which types of cells are easier to replace, and thus can be found in places like our mouth and outer…

A: Cells that make the lining of the body are easier to replace. They are found in places such as the…

Q: Explain the role of cell division in wound healing.

A: Wound healing largely means the healing of the skin. Begins at once an injury to the epidermic layer…

Q: How do cells overcome this problem?

A: Glycolysis is breakdown of glucose into pyruvate or lactate. Endergonic reactions are those…

Q: Cellular Respiration happens in what part of a cell

A: Cellular respiration breaks down food, glucose, sugar, complex carbohydrates and releases carbon…

Q: As cells increase in size, cell ________________ increases more rapidly than cell surface area.

A: Cell growth:It is defined as the cell proliferation which increase the number of cells that that…

Q: Which is incorrect about the plasma membrane?   a. It has a hydrophobic interior and…

A: The plasma membrane also is known as the cell membrane. It is the outer covering of the cell that…

Q: The _____________ protects cells from excessive heat.

A: Excessive heat helps to distort the conformation of biological molecules and denatures them. As a…

Q: Using the diagram below, answer the following:A. What type of cell is…

A: In the given question we need to determine:The type of cell present in the diagram.How do we the…

Q: A semi-fluid matrix called ____________ fills the inside of a cell.

A: The basic, structural and functional unit of life is the cell. A cell is the smallest unit of life…

Q: Imagine that you are stranded on a desert island. Given what you know of diffusion and osmosis write…

A: Diffusion is the process of movement of the water from the area of higher concentration to the area…

Q: How is a cell membrane similar to the dialysis

A: The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life. The cell comprises various organelles…

Q: A student explains that plant cells have cell walls but not cell membranes, while animal cells have…

A: Step 1 The cell is a structural and functional unit of living organisms which consists of a…

Q: Build a cell membrane with each part. Label the parts and list the function of each part.

A: cell membrane is made of phospholipid bilayer. It has a hydrophobic tail and hydrophilic head…

Q: Describe a selectively permeable membrane.

A: The membrane is defined as a boundary of a living cell or organelles. Membranes are made up of…

Q: Phagocytosis (large cell eating) and pinocytosis (small cell drinking) are examples of endocytosis

A: Endocytosis: Endocytosis the name itself says taking inside the cell .the process of engulfing the…

Q: Could a cell function if it were not enclosed by a selective barrier (i.e., a plasma membrane)?

A: Introduction: Cells are the building blocks of all living beings. Prokaryotes and eukaryotes are two…

Q: Which statement correctly describes a difference between simple diffusion and facilitated diffusion?…

A: Simple diffusion permits the passage of only small and nonpolar molecules across the plasma…

Q: Describe the mechanism through which the substance moves across the cell membrane and comment on the…

A: The physical components of the body, known as organs, have specialised purposes. They are made up of…

Q: Choose the answer that best completes the following analogy: Diffusion is to _____ as endocytosis is…

A: Diffusion can be defined as the movement of molecules from their region of higher concentration to a…

Q: Which is the phenomenon of contraction of the cytoplasm from the cell wall.

A: Any solution has 2 components – solute and solvent. Solute is substance which gets dissolved and…

Q: diffusion, gradient, energy  connect in a complete sentence or thought about cellular transport

A: Cellular transport is the movement of molecule across the plasma membrane. Different classes of…

Q: Suggest a reason for the difference in percentage composition between the 2 cell surface membrane

A: difference in cell membrane of various organelles are very specific and are important for the…

Q: Which is an example of passive transport? a) A membrane protein uses a hydrogen ion concentration…

A: Membrane transport allows transportation of material or substance into the cell and out of the cell…

Q: You take a drink of distilled water, this is effectively water that has no solutes dissolved in the…

A: You can drink distilled water . however, you might not like the taste because it's flatter and less…

Q: Cells are stimulated to divide by chemicalsignals called _________________

A: Cells reproduce by a cycle of growing and dividing called a cell cycle. The cell cycle is the…

Q: If a person were to hypothetically drink a very large volume of plain tap water, his/her cells would…

A: Proper amount of water intake is very necessary as it helps in transporting nutrients and oxygen to…

Q: Make an illustration/representation that will show how cell membrane carry out the following…

A: Cells are the basic functional and structural units in all living systems. Cells are of two basic…

Q: the cell membrane was completely permeable the concentration inside the cell would be same as…

A: Cell membrane is selectively permeable or semi permeable.

Q: _____________ is the term used for the programmed death of a cell.

A: The physiological form of cell death plays a major role in the regulation of the cells and tissue.…

Q: In _____ conditions, the cell wall will help prevent the cell from bursting.

A: The condition under which the cell wall will help prevent the cell from bursting.