Plasma Membrane

The maintaining of a biological balance, or sameness

• Homeostasis

• Active Transport

• Cell Membrane

• Equilibrium

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Unlike passive transport, active transport

• Requires energy

• Moves substances down their concentration gradient

• Does not involve carrier proteins

• All of the above

Choose the best answer to label 3

• Hydophobic tails

• Hydrophylic head

• transport protein

If a cell is in a _____ solution, water moves in, and the cell swells.

• Hypotonic

• Hypertonic

• Isotonic

If a cell is in a _____ solution, water moves out, and the cell shrinks.

• osmosis

• Hypertonic

• Hypotonic

• Isotonic

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Which of the following is a function of the plasma membrane?

• Breaks down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins from foods

• Stores water, salt, proteins, and carbohydrates

• Regulates the movement of materials into and out of the cell

What does the term hydrophylic mean

• water loving

• water hating

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

Choose the best answer to label 2

• Transport protein

• Hydrophobic tail

• Hydrophylic head

The bubble lab showed that cell membranes are flexible and ____ themselves.

• self repair

• diffuse

Molecules from inside the cell being expelled out of the cell is known as

• endocytosis

• exocytosis

• isotonic

• membrane movement