Cell Parts and Passive Transport

What is the movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration? You might think of this as spreading into different areas.

• Selective Permeability

• Diffusion

• DNA

• Hypertonic

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

During osmosis, _______________ diffuses from a low solute to a high solute area.

• sugar

• proteins

• water

• starch

The cell membrane allows some substances to move through, but not others. What word describes a membrane like the cell membrane?

• hypertonic

• hypotonic

• selectively permeable

• polar

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which moves through the cell membrane (sandwich bag or dialysis tube) the easiest?

• starch

• sugar

• water

• polysaccharide (many sugars linked together)

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Diffusion and osmosis have molecules moving down their concentration gradient (from the high concentration to the low concentration). This means they are passive transport and do not require _________________________.

• energy

• water

• DNA

• food

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What two parts work together in a cell to make and ship proteins and lipids in small vesicles?

• Nucleus and ER

• Vacuole and Lysosomes

• ER and Golgi

• Cilia and Flagella

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What part of the cell contains DNA or chromatin?

• ER

• Golgi

• Vacuole

• Nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Cilia and flagella help the cell _______________. They can also ___________ particles into or around a cell.

• feed, move

• move, move

• make proteins, make lipids

• digest, break down

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The cytoskeleton of the cell is made of ________________ fibers that give the cell shape and support. These fibers can also help move the cell or things inside the cell.

• DNA

• protein

• carbohydrate

• lipid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Ribosomes make __________________. They are made of RNA.

• carbohydrates

• lipids

• DNA (nucleic acids)

• proteins

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2