Osmosis Quiz

Osmosis is the diffusion of ____ across a selectively permeable membrane

• food

• air

• water

• oxygen

During diffusion

• substances move from high to low concentration

• water moves when energy is used

• larger or oddly shaped molecules move across a cell membrane

• water moves from high to low concentration

What will happen when an egg with a dissolved shell is placed in water for 48 hours?

• The egg will neither shrink or well

• The egg will gain water and swell

• The egg will lose water and shrink

• The egg will dissolve completely

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An animal cell placed in a hypertonic salt solution will

• stay the same

• shrink in size

• swell in size

• grow another brain

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Ideally, your cells should be in a(n) _____ solution.

• isotonic

• hypertonic

• hypotonic

• hyperbaric

When cells move from a higher concentration to a lower concentration, it is called

• isotonic

• diffusion

• osmosis

• active transport

When both the inside and outside of a cell have the same amount of water, it is said that the cell has reached a state of _____.

• osmosis

• equilibrium

• diffusion

• hypertonic

In a solution of salt water, salt is considered the ____.

• Solvent

• Solute

• Solution

• Diffusion

If you looked at red blood cells under a microscope and saw the blood cells exploded, what would you say happened?

• The cells were placed in a hypotonic solution

• The cells were placed in a hypertonic solution

• The cells were placed in a isotonic solution

• The cells were placed in an explosive

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What does selectively permeable mean?

• Only small substances pass through the membrane

• All substances can pass through the membrane

• Nothing gets through the membrane

• There is a party in the membrane