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Homeostasis

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does homeostasis do?

a)

Coordinates body movement through nerve and muscle systems.

b)

Controls growth through electrical impulses.

c)

Controls the internal environment of an organism.

d)

Coordinates the adaptation of organisms to their surrounding environments.

2.

What homeostasis mechanism allows an organism to push an essential process to the finish line by continuing to increase signals?

a)

neutral feedback loop

b)

solar feedback loop

c)

positive feedback loop

d)

negative feedback loop

3.

What homeostasis mechanism allows an organism to balance with it's surrounding environment?

a)

neutral feedback loop

b)

solar feedback loop

c)

positive feedback loop

d)

negative feedback loop

4.

What kind of homeostasis mechanism maintains your body temperature?

a)

negative feedback loop

b)

positive feedback loop

5.

What type of feedback system is illustrated with this example of an increasing response to a stimulus?


When you get cut, your skin cells release hormones that signal platelets to come and stop the bleeding. Platelets then release more hormones that signal even more platelets continuing in this fashion until the cut is closed.

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

6.

What type of feedback system is illustrated with this example of an opposing response to a stimulus?


When you are cold you shiver and your blood vessels contract warming you up. When you are hot you sweat and your blood vessels expand cooling you down.

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

7.

What type of feedback system is illustrated with this example of an increasing response to a stimulus?


When a woman is ready to give birth the release of hormones signal contractions to occur putting pressure on the cervix to widen. This increased pressure on their cervix then releases more hormones that signal even more contractions and puts more pressure on their cervix. It continues in this increasing loop until the baby is born.

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

8.

What cell structure common to ALL LIFE FORMS (plant, animal, bacterial) is responsible for what goes in and out of the cell?

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Cell Membrane

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

DNA

9.

What cell structure present in plants but NOT ANIMALS gives them their rigid shape and protection?

a)

DNA

b)

Protein

c)

Cell Membrane

d)

Cell Wall

10.

What component forms the two layers of the cell membrane?

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Proteins

c)

Phospholipids

d)

Cholesterol

11.

What term best describe's a cell membrane's ability to allow only certain molecules into or out of the cell?

a)

Semi-permeable

b)

Permeable

c)

Impermeable

d)

Un-permeable

12.

Which of the following molecules are embedded in the phospholipid bilayer of a cell's membrane to help substances pass through?

a)

lipids

b)

proteins

c)

cholesterol

d)

carbohydrates

13.

Which letter refers to the hydrophobic (water hating) region of the cell membrane?

a)

E

b)

B

c)

C

d)

A

14.

What molecule makes up most of the cell membrane?

a)

Phospholipids

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Proteins

d)

Cholesterol

15.

What molecule allows cells to recognize each other because it acts like an ID tag?

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Proteins

c)

Phospholipids

d)

Cholesterol

16.

Which letter indicates the part of the plasma membrane responsible for cell recognition?

a)

C

b)

E

c)

B

d)

D

17.

Which molecule is represented by the yellow and brown portion of this image is?

a)

proteins

b)

phospholipids

c)

carbohydrates

d)

cholesterol

18.

Which molecule is represented by the purple/pink regions of this image?

a)

phospholipids

b)

cholesterol

c)

proteins

d)

carbohydrates

19.

Which letter is responsible for getting large molecules across the cell membrane?

a)

E

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

20.

What does “high concentration” mean?

a)

Spread out

b)

Tightly packed together

c)

Uncrowded

d)

Spacious

21.

Passive transport is termed "passive" because it is an automatic response happening without the necessity for what?

a)

concentration gradients

b)

particles

c)

motion

d)

energy

22.

How do molecules move during passive transport?

a)

from low to high concentration

b)

from high to low concentration

c)

no movement occurs

d)

molecules move everywhere randomly

23.

Which is NOT a form of passive transport?

a)

Osmosis

b)

Facilitated diffusion

c)

exocytosis

d)

Diffusion

24.

What process is shown in this picture?

a)

facilitated diffusion

b)

isotonic equilibrium

c)

diffusion

d)

active transport

25.

What moves across a membrane during osmosis?

a)

carbohydrates

b)

energy

c)

oxygen

d)

water

26.

How do molecules move during diffusion?

a)

from low to high concentration

b)

from high to low concentration

c)

no movement occurs

d)

molecules move everywhere randomly

27.

How do molecules move during facilitated diffusion?

a)

from low to high concentration

b)

from high to low concentration

c)

no movement occurs

d)

molecules move everywhere randomly

28.

Which type of Passive transport uses the help of a transport protein to maintain balance in homeostasis?

a)

Osmosis

b)

Facilitated diffusion

c)

Diffusion

d)

Active Transport

29.

How do molecules move during osmosis?

a)

from low to high concentration

b)

from high to low concentration

c)

no movement occurs

d)

molecules move everywhere randomly

30.

Which diagram best shows the end result of diffusion?

a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

31.

Why is diffusion and osmosis important to cells?

a)

It allows them to take in or release materials without using energy.

b)

It allows them to reproduce and evolve as a species

c)

It allows them to absorb sunlight creating their own food

d)

It allows them to use energy to take in or release materials

32.

Which cell is placed into a hypotonic environment?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

33.

What will happen to this cell when placed in a hypotonic environment?

a)

swell

b)

shrink

c)

stay the same

d)

change color

34.

Which cell is placed into a hypertonic environment?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

35.

What will happen to this cell when placed in a hypertonic environment?

a)

shrink

b)

swell

c)

stay the same

d)

change color

36.

Which cell is placed into a isotonic environment?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

37.

Which way will the water molecules in this diagram 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.

38.

Active transport is termed "active" because it is a movement of particles that only happens with what?

a)

concentration gradients

b)

particles

c)

motion

d)

energy

39.

Which is NOT a form of cell transport using energy (ATP)?

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Osmosis

c)

Exocytosis

d)

Active Transport

40.

How do molecules move during active transport?

a)

high to low concentrations

b)

move randomly, without pattern

c)

remain at high / low concentrations

d)

low to high concentrations

41.

Which form of active transport is being shown?

a)

Facilitated Diffusion

b)

Exocytosis

c)

Endocytosis

d)

Protein Pumps

42.

Which form of active transport is being shown?

a)

Facilitated Diffusion

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Exocytosis

d)

Osmosis

43.

What type of transport is this?

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Facilitated Diffusion

c)

Active Transport

d)

Passive Transport

44.

Which form of transport is occurring when cells form a vesicle (container) to take in materials?

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Exocytosis

c)

Facilitated Diffusion

d)

Osmosis

45.

Which type of active transport gets rid of wastes?

a)

Protein Pumps

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Exocytosis

d)

Facilitated Diffusion