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Cell Transport

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The diffusion of WATER across a semi-permeable membrane is
a)
osmosis
b)
diffusion
c)
endocytosis
d)
exocytosis
2.
What is diffusion
a)
active transport
b)
passive transport
c)
cell division
d)
cell mutation
3.
The movement of molecules from higher concentration to lower concentration is
a)
diffusion
b)
cell division
active transport
c)
active transport
d)
tonicity
4.
Active transport requires
a)
energy
b)
the nucleus
c)
chloroplasts
d)
lysosomes
5.
What organelles is NOT found in a PROkaryote
a)
nucleus
b)
cell membrane
c)
Chromosomes (DNA)
DNA
d)
ribosomes
6.
What organelle PRODUCES proteins?
a)
ribosomes
b)
centrioles
c)
lysosomes
d)
nucleus
7.
A cell in an isotonic solution will
a)
swell
b)
shrink
c)
stay the same size
d)
impossible to tell
8.
The cell below is in a _____________ solution.
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Hypotonic
c)
Isotonic
9.
A cell in a hypotonic solution will
a)
swell
b)
shrink 
c)
stay the same size
d)
impossible to tell
10.
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
11.
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
12.
What type of transport is this?
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
active transport
c)
diffusion
d)
osmosis
13.
What type of transport uses no atp
a)
active transport
b)
passive transport
14.
Which of the following best describes the movement of water?
a)
diffusion
b)
passive transport
c)
facilitated diffusion
d)
osmosis
15.
When a glucose tries to get through the cell membrane, the molecule is too big to get past the phospholipids. Because of this, glucose has to get in through a carrier protein. What type of transport is this?
a)
Active transport
b)
diffusion
c)
endocytosis
d)
facilitated diffusion
16.
When a glucose tries to get through the cell membrane, the molecule is too big to get past the phospholipids. Because of this, glucose has to get in through a carrier protein. What type of transport is this?
a)
Active transport
b)
diffusion
c)
endocytosis
d)
facilitated diffusion
17.
Which type of transport best describes the cell membrane of a paramecium moving to engulf a food particle?
a)
exocytosis
b)
active transport
c)
diffusion
d)
endocytosis
18.
ATP is a form of energy.
a)
Passive Transport
b)
Active Transport
19.
Movement of materials from high to low concentration through a protein channel. 
a)
Passive Transport
b)
Active Transport
20.
Solutes move with the concentration gradient, therefore no energy is used. 
a)
Passive Transport
b)
Active Transport
21.
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
22.
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
23.
Permeable means
a)
things can pass through
b)
the concentration levels are different
c)
it is permanent
d)
things are stuck
24.
Against the concentration gradient
low to high
uses energy/ATP
a)
facilitated diffusion
b)
osmosis
c)
active transport
d)
simple diffusion
25.
Most active transport proteins use energy from the breakdown of:
a)
nucleus
b)
cell membrane
c)
ATP
d)
mitochondria
26.
ALL living cells have this in common
a)
Nucleus
b)
Cell Membrane
c)
Cell Wall
d)
Mitochondria
27.
A cell will _____________________ in a hypertonic solution.
a)
swell
b)
shrink
c)
will not change
d)
will explode
28.
A cell will __________________ in a hypotonic solution.
a)
swell and perhaps burst (lyse)
b)
shrink
c)
the size of the cell will not change
d)
the size of the cell will change from large to small and from small to large
29.

Spraying Axe body spray in a corner of the room and someone on the opposite corner smells it is an example of what?

a)

Osmosis

b)

Facilitated diffusion

c)

Active transport

d)

Diffusion

30.
The following are types of PASSIVE transport
a)
Osmosis
b)
Facilitated Diffusion
c)
Diffusion
d)
All of these
31.
When the same amount of molecules are the same on each side of the cell membrane, _____________ occurs. 
a)
osmosis
b)
diffusion
c)
equilibrium
d)
facilitated diffusion