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Cell Transport

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This picture represents which type of cellular transport?
a)
passive transport
b)
endocytosis
c)
exocytosis
d)
osmosis
2.
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
3.
Food is moved into the cell by ________________________.
a)
endocytosis
b)
pinocytosis
c)
exocytosis
d)
osmosis
4.
This cell is in a _________ solution.
a)
Hypotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Isotonic
5.
Your gums are swollen. How will rinsing with warm salt water help the swelling?
a)
swollen gums will absorb the salt
b)
salt lowers the temp
c)
salt goes against the concentration gradient
d)
water in the gums will diffuse out of the cells
6.
Hydrophilic portion of cell membrane?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
D
d)
7.
Hydrophobic region of the cell membrane?
a)
E
b)
B
c)
C
d)
8.
This cell is in a _____________ solution.
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Hypotonic
c)
Isotonic
9.
if you put a plant in salt water it will ...
a)
swell because water diffuses into the cells
b)
swell because water diffuses out of the cell
c)
shrivel because water diffuses out of the cell
d)
shrivel because the salt diffuses out of the cell
10.
This picture represents what type of cell transport?
a)
endocytosis
b)
exocytosis
c)
osmosis
d)
passive transport
11.
Where is there a low concentration of dye?
a)
at the bottom of cup
b)
in the color
c)
at the top of cup 
d)
no concenteraion gradient
12.
Against the concentration gradient
low to high
uses energy/ATP
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
osmosis
c)
active transport
d)
simple diffusion
13.
_______ regulates what enters and leaves a cell.  
a)
Cell Membrane
b)
Carbohydrates
c)
Cholesterol
d)
Nucleic Acids
14.
Which way will the water molecules move during osmosis?
a)
Out of the cell, so the cell shrinks.
b)
Out of the cell, so the cell swells.
c)
Into the cell, so the cell shrinks.
d)
Into the cell, so the cell swells.
15.
Organisms must be able to adapt to a changing external and internal environment.  An organism's ability to maintain a stable internal environment is known as homeostasis.  
How does a cell's membrane help an organism maintain homeostasis?
a)
cell membranes directly control the temperature of the cell
b)
cell membranes protect the cell organelles from large doses of radiation
c)
cell membranes control the substances that enter or leave cells
d)
cell membranes use a large portion of the cell's energy supply