BIOL105 PASS WEEK 4 Crossword

The process of balancing an organism's solute concentrations and water balance
The passage of water across a semi-permeable membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
A cell or solution that has a higher solute concentration that its surroundings
A cell or solution with a lower solute concentration than its surrounding
Cells or solutions with an equal concentration to its surroundings
The pumping of molecules against their concentration gradient
The movement of molecules across the cell without ATP expenditure
The number of moles of solute/litre
Organisms that require consistent environmental osmolarity
Organisms that can survive large changes in environmental osmolarity
Organisms that have the same internal osmolarity as the environment
An adaptation where organisms can recover from a dormant and desiccated state
Toxic excretion of nitrogen, requires water for excretion but has no energy expenditure
Non-toxic excretion of nitrogen, very little water required for excretion but high energy expenditure
Less toxic excretion of nitrogen, less water required for excretion but some energy loss
Type of excretory gland found in most annelids, cilia pull fluid into collecting tubule and solutes are reabsorbed along the tubule
Network of dead-end tubules lacking internal openings found in flatworms. Have blind-ending flame bulbs
The part of a kidney tubule which forms a long loop in the medulla of the kidney, from which water and salts are reabsorbed into the blood