The Structure of Membranes

Another term for maintaining an internal balance is...

• Equality
• Babycakes
• Homeostasis
• Balance

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

A phospholipid has 2 parts. What are they called? 

• Hydrophilic Head, Hydrophobic Tail 
• Hydrophobic Head, Hydrophilic Tail 

This forms a boundary between the inside of the cell and the outside of the cell. 

• Cell Membrane
• Lipid Cleric Layer
• Membrane Gate
• Protein Receptors 

A ______________ is composed of a phosphate and glycerol head and 2 fatty acid chain tails. 

• phospholipid 
• Carbohydrate
• Cholesterol 
• Protein 

"Water Loving"

• Hydrophobic
• Hydrophilic 
• Hydroelectric 
• Hydroloric

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

"Water Fearing" 

• Hydrophobic
• Hydrophilic 
• Hydroelectric 
• Hydroloric

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

Describes the arrangement of the cell membrane as flexible, bendable, and made of many parts. 

• The Fluid Mosaic Model 
• The Major Mobility Model 
• The Crazy Cell Model
• The Maze Model

___________ allow cells to recognize each other. 

• Carbohydrates 
• Proteins
• Phospholipids 
• Cholesterol

___________ helps keep the phospholipid tails from sticking together and makes it more fluid.

• Carbohydrates 
• Proteins 
• Phospholipids 
• Cholesterol

The cell membrane is selectively permeable, which means...

• All materials can enter and leave the cell
• Certain things can enter while others cannot
• The cell manually sorts through all materials
• Only certain cells can interact with the cell.