A | B |
cell membrane | outer covering of the cell; It surrounds a cell. |
selectively permeable | only allow certain things in or out |
homeostasis | ability of living things to keep conditions inside its body the same even though the outside conditions change |
molecules | smallest particles of a compound that has all the properties of that compound |
osmosis | how water passes through the cell membrane. Water moves from a place of greater concentration to a place of lower concentration |
concentration | % of substance, the amount of a specified substance in a unit amount of another substance; |
protoplasm | all the living materials in a cell |
diffusion | how food, O2 and other things enter and leave the cell. They move from a place where there are more of them to a place where there are fewer of of them. |
independent variable | things that you are changing or manipulating. eg. how much you eat. |
dependent variable | the result of the things being changed or manipulated by you; eg. your weight change after eating less. |