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LHS Biology - Passive Transport

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane without the use of any energy is called
a)
endocytosis
b)
diffusion
c)
active transport
d)
osmosis
2.
Passive transport requires no
a)
concentration gradient
b)
osmosis
c)
motion
d)
energy
3.
What is it called when molecules move across the cell membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration through a carrier protein?
a)
Diffusion
b)
Osmosis
c)
Active Transport
d)
Facilitated Diffusion
4.
What is the name of the process in which small molecules move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration across a selectively permeable membrane?
a)
Diffusion
b)
Osmosis
c)
Active Transport
d)
Facilitated Diffusion 
5.
What is the name of the process in which water moves from an area of high concentration of solute to an area of low concentration of solute?
a)
Diffusion
b)
Osmosis
c)
Active Transport
d)
Facilitated Diffusion
6.
When molecules are spread evenly across the cell membrane, ______________________ is reached.
a)
difference
b)
transportation
c)
equilibrium
d)
solution
7.
When molecules are spread evenly across the cell membrane, ______________________ is reached.
a)
difference
b)
transportation
c)
equilibrium
d)
solution
8.
Ideally, your cells should be in a(n) _______ solution
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Hypotonic
c)
Isotonic
d)
Cola
9.
 In the given scenario what will happen?  A cell placed in salt water for 48 hours.
a)
Water will move in and out of the cell equally, and the cell will neither shrink nor swell.
b)
The cell will gain water and swell.
c)
The cell will lose water and shrink.
10.
If you looked at red blood cells under a microscope and saw the blood cells exploded, what would you say happened?
a)
The cells were placed in a hypotonic solution.
b)
the solution was isotonic.
c)
The solution was hypertonic.
11.
the movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration is called...
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
exocytosis
c)
diffusion
d)
pinocytosis
12.
An increase in temperature does what to diffusion?
a)
Speeds it up
b)
Slows it down
c)
Has no effect
d)
I wish i knew. Really I do.
13.
A HYPERTONIC solution has a _____ concentration of solute than the interior of the cell and a cell will ______ when placed into this solution.
a)
lower; shrink
b)
lower; swell
c)
higher; shrink
d)
higher; swell
14.
A HYPOTONIC solution has a ______ concentration of solute than the cell and the cell will _____ when placed into a hypotonic solution.
a)
lower; swell
b)
lower; shrink
c)
higher; swell
d)
higher; shrink
15.
 What kinds of molecules pass through a cell membrane most easily? 
 
 
a)
large and hydrophobic
b)
ionic
c)
small and hydrophobic
d)
large polar molecules