Diffusion/Osmosis Quiz

What is diffusion?

• when molecules move 
• when molecules move from a high concentration to a low.
• no movement 
• molecules move everywhere

Where is there a low concentration of dye?

• at the bottom of cup
• in the color
• at the top of cup 
• no concenteraion gradient

The picture below is an example of _________________.

• osmosis
• isotonic
• diffusion
• active transport

Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.

• food
• energy
• oxygen
• water

During osmosis

• water moves from high to low concentration
• large or oddly shaped molecules move across a cell membrane
• water moves when energy is used
• proteins are built

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

• Osmosis
• Diffusion
• Equilibrium

A person should never drink salty water because their cells would

• shrink
• expand

_______ regulates what enters and leaves a cell.  

• Cell Membrane
• Nucleus
• Mitochondria
• Cytoplasm

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Osmosis

• diffusion of water molecules through a semi-permeable mebrane from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration
• the diffusion of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
• diffusion of water molecules through a semi-permeable membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
• the diffusion of particles from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The term used to describe when some molecules are able to pass through a membrane and others are not.

• Osmosis
• Diffusion
• Selective Permeability
• Equilibrium