Worksheet: Passive Transport Definition, Types & Examples

The inside of a cell contains more solutes than the outside of the cell. Which describes the inside of the cell compared to the outside of the cell and what is the direction of water movement?

• Inside the cell is hypertonic. Water will move toward the inside of the cell.

• Inside the cell is hypertonic. Water will move toward the outside of the cell.

• Inside the cell is hypotonic. Water will move toward the inside of the cell.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which type of integral membrane protein helps molecules move across the cell membrane by binding and releasing them?

• Hydrophilic

• Hydrophobic

• Carrier

Diffusion of small, non-polar molecules across the cell membrane along a concentration gradient is...

• Osmosis

• Active

• Simple

Which types of molecules will easily pass through the fatty acid chains in the middle of the bilayer?

• Polar

• Hydrophilic

• Ions

• Hydrophobic

What type of transport uses membrane proteins to passively move solutes?

• Osmosis

• Simple diffusion

• Facilitated diffusion

Drag and label the parts of the phospholipid bilayer.

a

b

hydrophobic

hydrophilic

Tags

HS-LS1-1

Label the parts of the cell membrane

a

b

c

protein

fatty acid tails

phosphate heads

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Match

g

f

e

d

c

b

a

Glycoprotein

Glycolipid

Phospholipid Bilayer

Phospholipid

Cholesterol

Integral Protein

Peripheral protein