Transport Mechanisms Quiz

This type of transport requires energy.

• passive

• active

• facilitated diffusion

• both passive & facilitated diffusion

In active transport, particles move from ____ concentrations to ____ concentrations.

• high, low

• low, high

• low, low

• high, high

Moving substances into a cell is called ____, while removing substances from a cell is called ____.

• osmosis, diffusion

• diffusion, osmosis

• exocytosis, endocytosis

• endocytosis, exocytosis

• phagocytosis, pinocytosis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Plants prefer the ____ state.

• isotonic

• hypotonic

• hypertonic

• osmotic

When a protein is used to transport substances across a membrane and no energy is used in the process, ____ has occurred.

• passive transport

• active transport

• facilitated diffusion

• osmosis

Animal cells prefer the ____ state.

• isotonic

• hypotonic

• hypertonic

• osmotic

In a ____ solution, water moves into the cell by osmosis.

• isotonic

• hypotonic

• hypertonic

• osmotic

In a ____ solution, water moves out of the cell by osmosis.

• isotonic

• hypotonic

• hypertonic

• osmotic

If you eat a bag of salty potato chips, you feel thirsty. This is because there is more salt outside your cells than inside and your cells are in a ____ solution.

• isotonic

• hypotonic

• hypertonic

• osmotic

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

In a ___ solution, water is moving at the same rate across the membrane.

• isotonic

• hypotonic

• hypertonic

• osmotic