\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{iCookieo (phanbritney)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (ap-biology-u2-cell-structure-and-functions.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (iCookieo (phanbritney)) /Subject (AP Biology U2: Cell Structure and Functions Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{CFCF46} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F9F9E7} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{AP Biology U2: Cell Structure and Functions Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{iCookieo (phanbritney)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/127926/cs/24939/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}iCookieo (phanbritney) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/phanbritney} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 25th October, 2020.\\ Updated 25th October, 2020.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{4} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{2.02547 cm} x{1.40753 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cell theory}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} 1. All living things are made up of cells & unicellular or multicellular \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} 2. Cells are the smallest and most basic unit of life & prokaryotic or eukaryotic \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{3. All cells come from pre-existing cells.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{p{0.31596 cm} x{0.94788 cm} p{0.28963 cm} x{1.07953 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Prokaryotic or Eukaryotic}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Prokaryotic} & no nucleus & \seqsplit{Eukaryotic} & has nucleus \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & no membrane bound organelles & & membrane bound organelles \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & division process is binary fission & & division process is mitosis \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & unicellular & & unicellular or multicellular \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & cell wall made of peptidoglycan & & in fungi or plants with cell walls made of chitin or cellulose \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & smaller cells & & larger cells \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & bacterial cells & & animal or plant cells \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{3.833cm}}{all cells have cell membrane, cytoplasm, ribosomes, genetic material (DNA or RNA)} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.40753 cm} x{2.02547 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Organelles}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Cell (Plasma) Membrane & Phospholipid bilayer that surrounds the cell to control what goes in and out of the cell \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Cytoskeleton & Network of threadlike fibers made of proteins to give the cell shape, move organelles around, provide structural support for animal cells \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Cytoplasm & jelly-like substance mainly made up of H2O that holds everything in place and provides solution for chemical reactions to take place in \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Nucleus & genetic material that's surrounded by a nuclear membrane with nuclear pores that control what goes in and out that protects the DNA that controls the activities of the cell \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 8) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Nucleolus & inside the cell that makes mRNA which makes ribosomes \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Ribosomes & located on the Rough ER and floating in cytoplasm that make proteins in a process called translation \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 5) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.40753 cm} x{2.02547 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Organelles (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum & Hugs the nuclues and has ribosomes on it that makes proteins \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum & has no ribosomes and is attached to the Rough ER that makes lipids (membranes), destroy toxins (liver), and regulates calcium (muscles) \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 6) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Golgi Apparatus & folded membrane that gets vesicles of protein from ER to process, sort, and ship proteins where needed \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 5) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Vesicles & "mini-cart" that transports proteins around the cell \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Lysosomes & Contains enzymes that break down the dead stuff and apoptosis \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 3) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} Vacuoles & small and numerous in animal cells but one large one in plants cells that act as a storage \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 4) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Centrioles/Centrosomes} & made of microtubules that happen in cell division helping cells divide by pulling chromosomes apart \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 5) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} Cilia & shorter, more numerous, like tiny oars (hairs) that move fluid across cell surface \tn % Row Count 33 (+ 4) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.40753 cm} x{2.02547 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Organelles (cont)}} \tn % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Flagella & longer, fewer (tail) that move entire cell \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} Mitochondria & inner membrane and matrix (fluid) where cellular respiration happens (breaks down food to release energy as ATP) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 5) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Chloroplast & grana (stacks) and stroma (fluid) where photosynthesis happens (converts energy from sun to energy in sugar) \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 5) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} Cell Wall & Provides structural support and protection for bacteria, plant and fungi cells. Bacteria's made with peptidoglycan. Plant's made with cellulose. Fungi's made with chitin. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 8) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Peroxisomes & membrane-bound organelles primarily involved in lipid metabolism and the conversion of reactive oxygen species \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Animal, Plant, Prokaryotic cells}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{3.833cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/phanbritney_1603656565_cells-animal-plant-ways-nucleus-difference-organelles.jpg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{Plant Cell: \newline chloroplast \newline central vacuole \newline cell wall \newline \newline Animal Cells: \newline cilia and flagella \newline centrioles \newline lysosomes \newline \newline Bacterial Cells \newline capsules} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cell membrane}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{3.833cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/phanbritney_1603657531_fluid-mosaic-2d_med.jpeg}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{3.833cm}}{Phospholipid Bilayer: amphipathic \newline - hydrophilic heads \newline - hydrophobic tails} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.7165 cm} x{1.7165 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Fluid Mosaic Model}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} membrane is a fluid structure with "mosaic" of various proteins embedded/attached to bilayer & phospholipids provides fluidity and elasticity \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & proteins and other molecules embedded in membrane \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.47619 cm} x{1.95681 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Structure of Cellular Membrane}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} main components & phospholipids and proteins \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} other important molecules & cholesterol and carbohydrates \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.09856 cm} x{2.33444 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Proteins}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Functions & transport, enzymatic activity, signal transduction, cell to cell recognition, intercellular joining, attachment to cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Integral Proteins & embedded in \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Peripheral Proteins & attached to surface \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.20155 cm} x{2.23145 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cholesterol}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} at warm temperatures & restrains the movement of phospholipids and reduces fluidity \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} at cool temperatures & maintains fluidity by preventing tight packing \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.33887 cm} x{2.09413 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Carbohydrates}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} cell to cell recognition & cell's ability to distinguish one type of neighboring cell from another \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} membrane carbohydrates & interact with the surface molecules of other cells, facilitating cell to cell recognition \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.7165 cm} x{1.7165 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Selective Permeability}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Allows some materials, but not all to go through} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} can easily pass: small, non polar, nonionic hydrophobic, neutral molecules and H2O & cannot easily pass: large (must use vesicles), polar 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the need for an organism to maintain and regulate constant or stable internal conditions & Growth and homeostasis are maintained by the constant movement of molecules across membranes. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{p{0.63693 cm} x{1.18287 cm} x{1.2132 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Passive Transport}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{3.833cm}}{Molecules moving DOWN their concentration gradient from HIGH to LOW with NO ENERGY until EQUILIBRIUM is reached} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Simple \seqsplit{Diffusion} & The spreading out of molecules & \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ion \seqsplit{channels} & transport proteins allow ion to flow from a high to low concentration & \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Facilitated} \seqsplit{Diffusion} & transport protein (channel or carrier) helps to facilitate the diffusion of molecules & aquaporins: tunnel that allows water to go through the membrane \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Osmosis & Simple diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane & Hypertonic solutions = more solutes, less water; water moves out of cell to SHRIVEL \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 6) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & & Hypotonic solutions = less solutes, more water; water moves into the cell to SWELL/BURST \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 6) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & & Isotonic Solution = equal solutes and water; cell STAYS THE SAME \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{p{0.48528 cm} x{1.27386 cm} x{1.27386 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Active Transport}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{3.833cm}}{molecules moving AGAINST the concentration gradient from LOW to HIGH concentration} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Molecular} Pumps & Cell uses energy to pump molecules across a membrane through a protein channel (sodium potassium pump and proton pump) & \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 8) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Cotransport} & single ATP-powered pump that transports solute indirectly & \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Exocytosis} & cell uses energy to export materials out of the cell with a vesicle & \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Endocytosis} & cell uses energy to import materials into the cell with a vesicle & Phagocytosis = cell "eating" (cell engulfs solids into vesicle and digests them) \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 5) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & & Pinocytosis = cell "drinking" (cell engulfs liquids into vesicle and digests them) \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.51052 cm} x{1.92248 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{SA:V Ratio}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Formulas & Surface Area: 6 {\emph{ (l}}w) \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Volume: l{\emph{w}}h \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Steps to find SA:V & 1. calculate SA \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & 2. calculate V \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & 3. Divide SA by V \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{As cell size increases, the SA:V ratio decreases and the cell becomes less efficient at moving things in and out of the cell \newline = cell must stop growing or dividing} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.13289 cm} x{2.30011 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cell size}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Why are cells small? & To maintain a larger surface area to volume ratio. The smaller the cells are, the faster and more efficient things can go in and out of the cell. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.0299 cm} x{2.4031 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Water Potential}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Ψ = ΨS + ΨP & ΨS: solute potential \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & ΨP: pressure potential \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} ΨS = -iCRT & i: ionization constant \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & C: concentration (M) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & R: pressure constant (0.0821 liters bars/mole K) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & T: temperature in Kelvin ( \textasciicircum{}o\textasciicircum{}C +273) \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Osmotic Potential & the potential of H2O moving from hypotonic solutions to hypertonic solutions (High water potential to low water potential) \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{Turgor Pressure: When a plant cell is placed in a hypotonic solution and gains a lot of water, the cell wall presses back on the cell membrane to prevent the cell from bursting.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{3.833cm}{x{1.7165 cm} x{1.7165 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Osmoregulation}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{3.833cm}}{the control of water balance} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} organisms without cell walls that live in hypertonic or hypotonic environment & Osmoregulation maintains water balance and allows organisms to control their internal solute composition/water potential. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}