Cell Transport Vocabulary Quiz

A molecule that stores and transfers energy in cells.

• ATP

• Solute

• Solvent

• Osmosis

The movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.

• Endocytosis

• Active Transport

• Diffusion

• Exocytosis

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A dissolved substance.

• Solute

• Solvent

The process of capturing a substance or particle from outside the cell by engulfing it with the cell membrane, and bringing it into the cell.

• Diffusion

• Osmosis

• Exocytosis

• Endocytosis

A solution that containing a lower amount of solutes, causing a cell placed in it to swell.

• Hypotonic

• Isotonic

• Hypertonic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A solution that containing a higher amount of solutes, causing a cell placed in it to shrink.

• Hypotonic

• Isotonic

• Hypertonic

A solution that has equal concentrations of solutes across a semipermeable membrane causing no change to the cell.

• Hypotonic

• Isotonic

• Hypertonic

Substance with the ability to dissolve other substances to form a solution.

• Solute

• Solvent

A process that occurs when a cell moves large materials from inside the cell to the outside of the cell using small spheres of membrane called vesicles.

• Exocytosis

• Diffusion

• Endocytosis

• Facilitated Diffusion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Describes a membrane that allows certain substances to pass through it but not others.

• Complicated

• Impermeable

• Nonporous

• Semipermeable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2