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PLP: Cellular Transport

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.
a)
food
b)
energy
c)
oxygen
d)
water
2.
Which is true about active transport?
a)
It requires energy
b)
it does not require energy
c)
It moves substances down the concentration gradient
d)
it moves material from high to low concentration
3.
This picture represents which type of cellular transport?
a)
passive transport
b)
endocytosis
c)
exocytosis
d)
osmosis
4.
The concentration of water is higher in the soil than in plant root cells. Water moves into root cells of a plant by...
a)
Facilitated Diffusion
b)
Simple Diffusion
c)
Active Transport
d)
Osmosis
5.
This cell organelle helps organisms maintain homeostasis by controlling what substances may enter or leave cells.
a)
vacuole
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane
d)
cell wall
6.
The cell below is in a _________ solution.
a)
Hypotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Isotonic
7.
The cell below is in a _____________ solution.
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Hypotonic
c)
Isotonic
8.
A cell in an isotonic solution will
a)
swell
b)
shrink
c)
stay the same size
d)
impossible to tell
9.
A cell in a hypotonic solution will
a)
swell
b)
shrink 
c)
stay the same size
d)
impossible to tell
10.
Why do cells move things in and out?
a)
they are bored
b)
they are confused
c)
homeostasis
d)
kittens
11.
What are two types of passive transport?
a)
endocytosis and exocytosis 
b)
cookies and milk
c)
active and passive 
d)
Osmosis and diffusion
12.
ATP is 
a)
cell energy
b)
sugar
c)
your teachers intials
d)
only used by mitochondria 
13.
What does it mean that a cell membrane is semi-permeable?
a)
It allows all substances in
b)
It allows some substances in
c)
It allows nothing in
14.
This picture represents what type of cell transport?
a)
endocytosis
b)
exocytosis
c)
osmosis
d)
passive transport
15.
The concentration of water is higher in the soil than in plant root cells. Water moves into root cells of a plant by...
a)
Facilitated Diffusion
b)
Simple Diffusion
c)
Active Transport
d)
Osmosis
16.
Molecules moving with the concentration gradient through a protein channel is...
a)
Facilitated Diffusion
b)
Simple Diffusion
c)
Active Transport
d)
Osmosis
17.
In a nerve cell, ATP energy is used to pump sodium (Na) out of the cell and potassium (K) into the cell. This is an example of...
a)
Facilitated Diffusion
b)
Simple Diffusion
c)
Active Transport
d)
Phagocytosis
18.
Passive transport requires no
a)
concentration gradients
b)
osmosis
c)
motion
d)
energy
19.
When a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution (less concentrated), water
a)
moves from the inside of the cell to the solution
b)
moves from the solution to the inside of the cell
c)
moves equally in and out of the cell
d)
none of these
20.
When a cell is placed in a hypertonic (more concentrated) solution water
a)
moves from the inside of the cell to the solution
b)
moves from the solution to the inside of the cell
c)
moves equally in and out of the cell
d)
none of these
21.
During pinocytosis, the cell takes in liquids. 
a)
True
b)
False
22.
This type of endocytosis is used by the cell to take in large molecules or food. 
a)
Pinocytosis 
b)
Protein pumps
c)
Phagocytosis
d)
Exocytosis