Unit 2: Cells - Crossword B
Across
- 7. some molecules can pass through the plasma membrane and some cannot (2 wds.)
- 8. this type of gradient is a difference in the amount of molecules across a membrane
- 11. these are found in plants, prokaryotes, and fungi and serve as permeability barriers for some substances (2 wds.)
- 12. specialized water channels
- 13. the shape that two long rows of phospholipids make
Down
- 1. this type of transport requires energy
- 2. an embedded protein with a carbohydrate attached
- 3. a specific polar and uncharged molecule that can move across the membrane in small amounts
- 4. this describes the complex structure of the plasma membrane (3 wds.)
- 5. molecules can pass freely through the membrane (2 wds.)
- 6. large or plentiful molecules being engulfed into the cell
- 9. this type of diffusion requires the help of membrane proteins
- 10. large or plentiful molecules being released out of the cell
- 14. this type of molecule is either positively or negatively charged and requires a protein channel or transport protein to cross the membrane