Passive and Active Transport Review

Molecules will tend to spread out from an area of greater concentration to an area of lesser concentration.

• True
• False

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Active transport allows a cell to move molecules from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration.

• True
• False

_____________ allows some things to enter and leave cells, while keeping other things out of the cell.

• Osmosis
• Fermentation
• A selectively permeable membrane
• Metabolism

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Which of the following is a job of the cell membrane?

• Regulates which materials enter and leave the cell.
• Breaks apart lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins from foods.
• Stores water, salt, proteins, and carbohydrates.
• Keeps the cell wall in place.

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The diffusion of water across a membrane is called

• equilibrium.
• osmosis.
• facilitated diffusion.
• active transport.

The roots of a plant contain a high concentration of minerals and the soil contains a lower concentration.  The roots absorb minerals from the soil.  This is an example of

• passive transport.
• active transport.
• diffusion
• osmosis

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Cells sometimes use energy to transport materials across the cell membrane.  This is called

• photosynthesis
• osmosis
• cellular respiration
• active transport

Which of these cell processes does NOT require energy?

• osmosis
• endocytosis
• active transport
• exocytosis

Which of the following cell processes requires energy?

• passive transport
• osmosis
• diffusion
• exocytosis

When does diffusion in cells stop?

• When vesicles burst.
• When equilibrium is reached.
• When respiration begins.
• When photosynthesis begins.

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