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Unit 6: Cellular Membrane & Transport Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the function of the cellular plasma membrane?

a)

To keep proteins from coming into and out of the cell

b)

To organize and protect the DNA within the cell

c)

To maintain homeostasis by regulating what crosses the cell membrane

d)

To regulate and maintain what goes into and out of the nuclear membrane

2.

Which of the following is NOT a part of the cellular plasma membrane?

a)

Phospholipid

b)

Cholesterol

c)

Cellulose

d)

Proteins

3.

What are the primary differences between the Passive and Active Transport systems?

a)

Active only happens in living cells and Passive only happens in dead cells

b)

Active requires energy and goes against the concentration gradient

c)

Passive doesn't require energy and goes against the concentration gradient

d)

Active doesn't require energy and goes with the concentration gradient

4.

Using the image of Passive Diffusion, Letter A shows which of the following

a)

Outside of the cell and an area of higher concentration

b)

Inside of the cell and an area of lower concentration

c)

An example of simple diffusion

d)

An example of facilitated diffuision

5.

In class we smelled balloons, this was an example of which of the following?

a)

Osmosis

b)

Facilitated diffusion

c)

Active Transport

d)

Simple diffusion

6.

Why is the cellular plasma membrane explained as a fluid mosaic model?

a)

The membrane is wet and can be modeled using small parts

b)

The membrane is wet, not fixed, and can be modeled

c)

The membrane is not fixed and made of small parts

d)

The membrane is fixed, wet, and made of small parts

7.

Using the image, determine what letter C is labeling

a)

Simple diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Active transport

d)

Facilitated diffusion

8.

When does osmosis occur?

a)

When the concentration of solutes inside and outside of the cell are the same

b)

When the concentration of transport proteins within the cell membrane is higher than water

c)

When the concentration of solutes inside and outside of the cell are different

d)

Osmosis is always happening

9.

True or False. Osmosis will occur if a cell is placed in an Isotonic solution

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

The movement particles from an area of high to low concentration is considered which of the following?

a)

Active Transport

b)

Passive Transport

c)

Endocytosis

d)

Exocytosis

11.

If a Red Blood Cell was placed in distilled water, what would happen to the cell?

a)

It would shrivel

b)

It would stay the same

c)

It would shrink and implode

d)

It would swell and burst

12.

Which direction will the water move in beaker B?

a)

From inside the cell to outside the cell

b)

Both inside and outside the cell

c)

Water will not move in any direction

d)

From outside the cell to inside the cell

13.

What type of solution is in beaker A?

a)

Hypertonic

b)

Isotonic

c)

Exotonic

d)

Hypotonic

14.

What are the two transport processes that allow large substances to cross the plasma membrane?

a)

Active and Passive transport

b)

Endocytosis and Exocytosis

c)

Simple diffusion and facilitated diffusion

d)

There are more than two

15.

Which of the following is NOT a part of passive diffusion

a)

Simple Diffusion

b)

Facilitated diffusion

c)

Osmosis

d)

Na+/K+ ATPase pump

16.

True or False, this image is an example of exocytosis

a)

True

b)

False

17.

A solution that has more water outside the cell than inside the cell is considered which of the following?

a)

Hypertonic

b)

Hypotonic

c)

Isotonic

d)

Endotonic

18.

What is label E pointing to in the image provided?

a)

Phospholipid bilayer

b)

Phosphate head

c)

Phospholipid

d)

Cell wall

19.

Which of the following best defines the term, selectively permeable membrane?

a)

The outer layer of the cell that allows small particles to passively transport into and out of the cell

b)

The outer layer of the cell that allows large particles to actively transport into and out of the cell

c)

The outer layer of the cell that allows all substances to easily transport into and out of the cell

d)

The outer layer of the cell that allows certain substances to passively or actively transport across the cell

20.

We used this graph to understand how osmoregulation worked in nematodes, What is one thing we can interpret from this graph?

a)

Mutant worms make low amounts of glycerol

b)

WT worms make high amounts of glycerol

c)

Mutant worms make ~1000 nmol/mg protein of Glycerol

d)

Mutant worms make ~1750 nmol/mg protein of Glycerol