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Honors Membrane and Transport 20

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

What will happen to a cell in a hypertonic solution?

a)

it will shrivel

b)

nothing will happen

c)

it will grow

2.

What is the main component in the cell membrane?

a)

proteins

b)

cholesterol

c)

phospholipid

3.

What molecules can get through the phospholipid bilayer on their own?

a)

small, charged, nonpolar

b)

small, uncharged, polar

c)

small, uncharged, nonpolar

d)

large, charged, non polar

4.

What does cholesterol in the membrane do?

a)

transports large molecules

b)

transports small molecules

c)

stabilizes membrane fluidity

5.

What is passive transport?

a)

movement of molecules with energy added

b)

movement of molecules up a concentration gradient

c)

movement of molecules without adding energy

6.

What type of molecule is moving in osmosis?

a)

water

b)

solute

7.

Simple diffusion

a)

requires a transport proteins

b)

goes directly through the phospholipid bilayer

c)

is like perfume being sprayed

8.

In a hypotonic solution

a)

a cell will shrivel

b)

a cell will have no change

c)

a cell will grow

9.

A protein pump

a)

uses kinetic energy of molecules

b)

uses ATP energy

10.

Vesicles are used to transport _________ across a membrane.

a)

very small things

b)

very large things

11.

Which way would you expect the water to move?

a)

to the left

b)

to the right

12.

This looks like cells in which type of solution?

a)

hypertonic

b)

hypotonic

c)

isotonic

13.

Cell membranes are

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

14.

Why are phospholipids liquid at room temperature?

a)

they have all saturated fatty acids

b)

they have at least 1 unsaturated fatty acid tail

c)

they have no fatty acid tails

15.

What is it called when a cell shrivels?

a)

plasmolysis

b)

cytolysis

c)

lysis

16.

What type of solution do plant cells prefer?

a)

slightly hypertonic

b)

slightly hypotonic

c)

isotonic

d)

plants hate liquids!!!

17.

What type of solution are these cells in?

a)

hypotonic

b)

isotonic

c)

hypertonic

18.

What is it called when large amounts of liquid are brought into a cell?

a)

phagocytosis

b)

pinocytosis

c)

receptor mediated endocytosis