Cellular Transport Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a type of passive transport?

• Diffusion
• Osmosis
• Facilitated diffusion
• Endocytosis

An animal cell placed in a hypotonic solution will:

• die
• take on water
• lose water
• divide

The cell membrane contains channels and pumps that help move materials from one side to the other. What are these channels and pumps called? (blue blobs)

• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Amino acids
• Proteins

The process that moves materials from high concentrations to low concentrations is called ____________.

• diffusion
• active transport
• endocytosis
• osmosis

Which example describes diffusion?

• Water moving acorss a semi-permeable membrane
• Baking cookies and smelling them through the house
• Marbles spreading out on the floor in a room
• All of the options

Equal percentage of materials inside and out of the cell can be described as...

• hypotonic
• isotonic
• nucleus
• hypertonic

Osmosis is the movement of __________ across a cell membrane.

• food
• energy
• oxygen
• water

True or False - Passive transport DOES require energy

• True
• False

A solution that causes a cell to swell is called

• hypertonic
• hypotonic
• isotonic
• osmosis

What will happen to an animal cell placed in a salt water solution?

• The cell will shrink
• The cell will expand
• The cell will burst
• The cell will shrink and then expand and then burst