Cell Transport and Membrane Quiz

Which type of transport requires energy to move substances across the cell membrane?

• Active transport

• Passive transport

• Osmosis

• Facilitated diffusion

What is the process by which water molecules move across a selectively permeable membrane?

• filtration

• osmosis

• active transport

• diffusion

Which type of transport uses protein channels to move substances across the cell membrane down a concentration gradient?

• Osmosis

• Endocytosis

• Active transport

• Facilitated diffusion

What is the term for the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?

• diffusion

• endocytosis

• active transport

• osmosis

Which type of transport does not require energy and relies on the concentration gradient?

• Endocytosis

• Facilitated transport

• Active transport

• Passive transport

What is the term for the engulfing of large particles by the cell membrane?

• phagocytosis

• osmosis

• exocytosis

• endocytosis

What is the term for the release of substances from the cell through vesicles merging with the cell membrane?

• phagocytosis

• endocytosis

• exocytosis

• osmosis

Which type of transport involves the cell membrane forming a vesicle to bring substances into the cell?

• Pinocytosis

• Exocytosis

• Endocytosis

• Phagocytosis

Which type of transport involves the cell membrane forming a vesicle to release substances out of the cell?

• Diffusion

• Exocytosis

• Endocytosis

• Active transport

What is the term for the movement of small, nonpolar molecules directly through the phospholipid bilayer?

• simple diffusion

• osmosis

• facilitated diffusion

• active transport