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Cell membrane and transport

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which statement best describes the cell membrane?
a)
The protective outer layer that controls what enters and leaves the cell.
b)
Stores information on DNA molecules / Directs and controls the activities of the cell.
c)
A folded membrane that moves materials around inside cells / Also acts as the site of manufacturing materials needed by the cell.
d)
The smallest organelle with a huge job / Makes proteins, which are the building blocks of the body.
2.
What is NOT TRUE about the cell membrane?
a)

It controls what enters and leaves the cell

b)

Semipermeable

c)

Phospholipid bilayer

d)

Is Static; molecules within the membrane do not move

3.
What forms the channels and pumps in the phospholipid bilayer?
a)
Carbohydrates
b)
Proteins
c)
Hydrophilic heads 
d)
Lipids
4.
True or False:  Regulating what enters and leaves the cell helps the cell maintain homeostasis. 
a)
True
b)
False
5.
What do the brown structures represent?
a)
Phospholipids
b)
Cholesterol Proteins
c)
Channel Proteins 
d)
Cytoskeleton Filaments
6.
Hydrophilic means...
a)
water-loving
b)
water-fearing
c)
nonpolar
d)
lipid soluble
7.
Hydrophobic region of the cell membrane?
a)
E
b)
B
c)
C
d)
8.
The picture is an example of...
a)
active transport
b)
passive transport
c)
diffusion
d)
osmosis
9.
What does a cell need to transport particles by active transport?
a)
Sun
b)
Wind
c)
Energy
d)
Channels
10.
Osmosis uses a channel protein called AQUAPORIN.  What type of transport is this? *Think!
a)
Diffusion
b)
Facilitated Diffusion
c)
Active Transport
d)
Endocytosis
11.
Small, non-polar molecules like COand O2 and NO can pass through the cell membrane using what type of transport?
a)
Diffusion
b)
Osmosis
c)
Facilitated Diffusion
d)
Endocytosis
12.
Osmosis is the diffusion of __________.
a)
water
b)
glucose
c)
air
d)
passive transport
13.
The cell below is in a _____________ solution.
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Hypotonic
c)
Isotonic
14.
The cell below is in a _________ solution.
a)
Hypotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Isotonic
15.
This picture represents which type of cellular transport?
a)
passive transport
b)
endocytosis
c)
exocytosis
d)
osmosis
16.
A cell in an isotonic solution will
a)
swell
b)
shrink
c)
stay the same size
d)
impossible to tell
17.

A type of endocytosis that involves the engulfing of a food particle by a cell:

a)

phagocytosis

b)

exocytosis

c)

pinocytosis

d)

membrane pump

18.

A state that exists when the concentration of a substance is the same throughout a space:

a)

equilibrium

b)

concentration gradient

c)

diffusion

d)

hypertonic

19.

Human red blood cells contain 0.9% sodium chloride as a component of their cytoplasm. What would happen if an IV solution containing 3.5% sodium chloride is introduced into a person? 

a)

The red blood cell would get bigger and burst.

b)

The red blood cell would stay the same size.

c)

The red blood cell would shrink.

d)

The red blood cell would first loose water and then absorb water.

20.

If the body can no longer make ATP, which type of transport would be impacted?

a)

Facilitated Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Active Transport

d)

Simple Diffusion

21.

Students are observing particles moving against the concentration gradient in a lab investigation. Which type of transport are they observing?

a)

osmosis

b)

active Transport

c)

facilitated diffusion

d)

diffusion

22.

_____ types of proteins are fixed inside the cell membrane?

a)

Peripheral protein

b)

Integral protein

c)

Both

d)

None of the above

23.

Facilitated diffusion requires ATP.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Rate of diffusion depends on the number and size of the openings through the cell membrane.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

What is the function of cholesterol in the cell membrane? 

a)

It forms the lipid bilayer

b)

It works in cell identification

c)

It allows certain molecules to pass through

d)

It helps maintain the fluidity of the membrane

26.

Some molecules pass through the cell membrane easily whereas other molecules cannot. What is the name of this property of the cell membrane? 

a)

Impermeable

b)

Semipermeable

c)

Permeable

d)

Resistance