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Chapter 8 Study Guide

1. Water moves out of a cell if the cell is placed in a(n) _____________________ solution.

2. Define osmosis.

3. A cell moves particles from a region of lesser concentration to a region of greater

concentration by ________________________ transport..

4. What is the difference between passive transport and active transport?

5. What is the difference between a hypertonic solution and a hypotonic solution?

6. What is a gene?

7. Explain why a cell's size is limited . List two reasons for it.

8. What is the longest phase of the cell cycle?

9. What are the levels of organization for a multicellular organism?

10. What is cancer?

11. List three known causes of cancer.

Indicate which stage of the cell cycle is described below.

12. Chromosomes form a single line at the equator of the cell

13. Spindle fibers appear

14. Nuclear membrane disappears

15. Nuclear membrane reappears

16. Chromosomes replicate

17. General cell growth, cell spends most of its time here

18. Cell membrane pinches inwards, furrows is seen

19. Spindle fibers pull sister chromatids to opposite ends of the cell

Draw a diagram showing the following phases of mitosis.

20. Prophase

21. Metaphase

22. Anaphase

23. Telophase