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Cell Transport and Cell Membrane

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Describes the arrangement of the cell membrane as bendable and made of many parts. 
a)
The Fluid Mosaic Model 
b)
The Major Mobility Model 
c)
The Crazy Cell Model
d)
The Maze Model
2.
How does a cell maintain homeostasis?
a)
Regulates what enters and leaves the cell
b)
Flexibility
c)
Protective barrier
d)
Structure and support
3.
The cell membrane is selectively permeable, which means...
a)
All materials can enter and leave the cell
b)
Certain things can enter while others cannot
c)
The cell manually sorts through all materials
d)
Only certain cells can interact with the cell.
4.
The picture is an example of...
a)
active transport
b)
passive transport
c)
diffusion
d)
osmosis
5.
Osmosis uses a channel protein called AQUAPORIN.  What type of transport is this? *Think!
a)
Diffusion
b)
Facilitated Diffusion
c)
Active Transport
d)
Endocytosis
6.
What is one major difference between passive and active transport?
a)
Passive transport uses energy; active transport does not.
b)
Both types of transport use energy.
c)
Active transport uses energy; passive transport does not.
d)
No difference. They are both the same.
7.
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
8.
Movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration is
a)
diffusion 
b)
passive transport
c)
osmosis
d)
all of the above
9.

If a red blood cell is put in distilled water, what will most likely happen to the cell?

a)

Nothing will happen

b)

It will shrivel.

c)

It will burst and then shrivel up

d)

It will swell and burst

10.
What is equilibrium?
a)
When concentrations cannot be balanced between two substances 
b)
When concentrations are balanced between two substances 
c)
Making the energy in the top half of your body equal the the energy in the bottom half
d)
Concentrations do not exist 
11.
Which diagram best shows the end result of diffusion?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
12.
Which type of transport requires an input of energy?
a)
Passive Transport
b)
Osmosis
c)
Simple Diffusion
d)
Active Transport
13.

An example of a substance that requires active transport to enter or leave a cell is

a)

protein

b)

water

c)

oxygen

d)

carbon dioxide

14.
Which form of active transport is being shown?
a)
Pinocytosis
b)
Endocytosis
c)
Exocytosis
d)
Osmosis
15.

When cells take in food molecules through active transport, what is it called?

a)

diffusion

b)

phagocytosis

c)

exocytosis

d)

osmosis

16.
When cells form a vesicle to release materials, which form of transport is occurring? 
a)
Endocytosis
b)
Exocytosis
c)
Facilitated Diffusion
d)
Osmosis
17.
Human immune cells can engulf bacteria to destroy them. This is an example of 
a)
pinocytosis
b)
phagocytosis
c)
exocytosis
d)
acidosis
18.
When the concentration of solute molecules outside the cell is equal to the concentration inside the cell, the solution is
a)
hypertonic
b)
hypotonic
c)
isotonic
d)
ionic
19.
What happens to a cell placed in a HYPOTONIC solution?
a)
It shrinks
b)
It swells
c)
Nothing Happens
20.
What happens to a cell placed in a HYPERTONIC solution
a)
It shrinks
b)
It swells
c)
Nothing happens