Osmoregulation Quiz

The movement of water through a semi-permeable membrane is called?

• cell membrane
• respiration
• osmosis
• diffusion

When both inside and outside of a cell have the same amount of water it is said that the cell has reached a state of ___________.

• osmosis
• equilibrium
• diffusion
• hypertonic

In a solution, salt is considered the _______.

• solvent
• solute
• solution

In a scenario, salt is placed into a bowl of water.  What is the solvent?

• salt
• water
• saltwater

A person would never have pure water put into their veins in a hospital because their cells would...

• Shrink/Dehydrate

• Expand too rapidly and maybe burst

• Multiply during mitosis too quickly

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A person should never drink salty water if trying to hydrate because their cells would

• shrink

• expand

• multiply too quickly

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Osmosis is the movement of

• water from high concentration to low concentration

• water from low concentration to high concentration

• sugar from high concentration to low concentration

• sugar from low concentration to high concentration

_____ is the amount of a given substance contained in a solution

• concentration

• equilibrium

• diffusion

• facilitated diffusion

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If the dots represent sugar which is more concentrated

• Inside the cell

• Outside the cell

• Neither they are equal (equilibrium)

If the dots represent sugar, what direction will water flow?

• Into the cell

• Out of the cell

• Into and out equally (equilibrium)