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Cell Transport Review

Authored by Jennifer Willis

Biology

9th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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Cell Transport Review
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This comprehensive biology quiz covers cellular transport mechanisms, focusing on the movement of substances across cell membranes. The content is appropriate for high school biology students in grades 9-12, addressing fundamental concepts including passive transport (diffusion and osmosis), active transport, endocytosis, exocytosis, and the relationship between cells and their surrounding solutions. Students need to understand concentration gradients, the selective permeability of cell membranes, the role of ATP in energy-requiring processes, and how cells maintain homeostasis through controlled transport. The quiz requires knowledge of tonicity concepts (hypotonic, hypertonic, and isotonic solutions), membrane structure including phospholipid bilayers, and specific transport mechanisms like facilitated diffusion and phagocytosis. Students must also comprehend the consequences of placing cells in different solution types and understand specialized plant cell responses like plasmolysis and the protective function of cell walls. Created by Jennifer Willis, a Biology teacher in the US who teaches grades 9-12. This quiz serves as an excellent comprehensive review tool that can be implemented for multiple instructional purposes throughout a unit on cellular transport. Teachers can utilize this assessment for formative evaluation to gauge student understanding before summative testing, assign it as homework to reinforce classroom learning, or deploy it as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before introducing advanced transport concepts. The varied question formats and progressive difficulty make it ideal for differentiated instruction and can help identify specific areas where students need additional support. This assessment aligns with NGSS HS-LS1-2 (developing and using models to illustrate how substances move across cell membranes) and supports Common Core scientific literacy standards by requiring students to analyze diagrams, interpret data, and apply biological principles to predict outcomes in cellular scenarios.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

This picture represents what type of cell transport?

endocytosis
exocytosis
osmosis
passive transport

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which is true about active transport?

It requires energy
it does not require energy
It moves substances down the concentration gradient
it moves material from high to low concentration

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.

food
energy
oxygen
water

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Movement across the cell membrane that does not require energy is called

active transport
passive transport

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This uses energy

endocytosis
exocytosis
both

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

All living things want to remain in...

chaos
homeostasis
limbo
plasmolysis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

This is a ____.

Golgi body
plasma membrane
lysosome
cell wall

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