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Homeostasis and transport review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 31mins

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Class
Date
1.

All of the following are methods of passive transport EXCEPT?

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Simple diffusion

c)

Facilitated diffusion

d)

Osmosis

2.

What does it mean when we say that the cell membrane is semipermable?

a)

Only certain substances can move easily through the cell membrane.

b)

Nothing can get through the cell membrane

c)

Everything can get through the cell membrane

d)

Only semi trucks can get through the cell membrane

3.

Diffusion depends on?

a)

ATP

b)

Concentration gradient

c)

Sodium potassium pump

d)

Air movement

4.

All of the following are examples of active transport EXCEPT?

a)

Exocytosis

b)

Sodium potassium pump

c)

Facilitated diffusion

d)

Phagocytosis

5.

When water moves from a greater concentration to a lesser concentration it is called?

a)

Osmosis

b)

Facilitated diffusion

c)

Exocytosis

d)

A water slide

6.

Why is the cell membrane refered to as a lipid bilayer?

a)

It is made of two different types of fats

b)

It is shaped like a circle

c)

It is made of lipids and has two layers

7.

The head of a phospholipid is?

a)

Hydrophobic

b)

Hydrophylic

8.

The tails of a phospholipid are?

a)

Hydrophobic

b)

Hydrophylic

9.

What substances move through the cell membrane easily by simple diffusion?

a)

Polar molecules

b)

Small nonpolar molecules

c)

Ions

d)

Large macromolecules

10.

Substances will continue to move through the cell membrane by simple diffusion until this happens.

a)

Equilibrium is reached

b)

The substances are unequal on both sides

c)

It will not stop it keeps going non-stop

11.

What type of passive transport uses transport proteins to help substances through the plasma membrane?

a)

Facilitated diffusion

b)

Simple diffusion

c)

Active transport

d)

Exocytosis

12.

The term hypotonic describes the osmotic pressure as being?

a)

lower concentration of dissolved substances outside the cell and higher inside the cell

b)

The concentration of dissolved substances are equal on both sides

c)

Has a greater concentration of dissolved substances outside the cell.

13.

A hypotonic solution will cause a cell to?

a)

Shrink

b)

Stay the same

c)

Swell and burst

d)

Dance

14.

The term isotonic describes the osmotic pressure as being?

a)

lower concentration of dissolved substances outside the cell and higher inside the cell

b)

The concentration of dissolved substances are equal on both sides

c)

Has a greater concentration of dissolved substances outside the cell.

15.

The term hypertonic describes the osmotic pressure as being?

a)

lower concentration of dissolved substances outside the cell and higher inside the cell

b)

The concentration of dissolved substances are equal on both sides

c)

Has a greater concentration of dissolved substances outside the cell and less inside the cell.

16.

Active transport moves materials from ______ concentration gradient.

a)

high to low

b)

low to high

c)

within the cell

17.

Which of these is how a cell maintains homeostasis?

a)

cell controls what enters & leaves the cell

b)

cell uses a protective barrier

c)

cell membrane is flexible

d)

cell membrane is used for structure & support

18.

Molecules moving from high concentration areas to low concentration areas is -

a)

active transport

b)

passive transport

c)

bulk transport

19.

What are the main components of the cell membrane?

a)

DNA, transport proteins, sugar

b)

Carbohydrates, phospholipids, water

c)

Phospholipids, transport proteins, cholesterol

d)

Proteins, water, DNA

20.

Why do cells change in size and shape in different concentration solutions?

a)

The cells are consuming energy.

b)

The cells are absorbing nutrients from the solution.

c)

Water is entering or leaving the cells.

d)

The cells are undergoing mitosis.

21.

Which of the following types of cell transport uses energy?

a)

Facilitated diffusion

b)

Simple diffusion

c)

Passive transport

d)

Active transport

22.

How do membrane proteins help with cell transport and homeostasis?

a)

They act as defense against foreign bacteria and viruses

b)

They produce energy needed for transport

c)

They hold the phospholipid bilayer together

d)

They help maintain the concentration gradient of solutes, and provide passage for polar molecules.

23.

What is the function of the cell membrane?

a)

Control the passage of material into and out of the cell

b)

Communicate with neighboring cells

c)

Protect the cell

d)

All of the above

24.

What is homeostasis?

a)

The process of making energy in a cell

b)

The process of maintaining an internal balance while responding to external changes

c)

The process of producing new and healthy cells

d)

The process of converting DNA code into proteins in a cell

25.

Passive transport aided by transport proteins that does not require energy / ATP.

a)

Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Facilitated Diffusion

d)

Pinocytosis

26.

A type of active transport in which the cell membrane secretes molecules out of the cell by the fusion of vesicles to the plasma membrane.

a)

Crenation

b)

Exocytosis

c)

Endocytosis

d)

Plasmolysis

27.

Occurs when a cell takes in molecules by forming new vesicles around substances outside the membrane and bringing them in to the plasma membrane.

a)

Crenation

b)

Exocytosis

c)

Endocytosis

d)

Plasmolysis

28.

Process in which extensions of cytoplasm surround and engulf large particles of food particles and take them into the cell.

a)

Crenation

b)

Phagocytosis

c)

Pinocytosis

d)

Plasmolysis

29.

A type of endocytosis in which the cell "gulps" droplets of fluid into tiny vesicles.

a)

Crenation

b)

Phagocytosis

c)

Pinocytosis

d)

Plasmolysis

30.

Homeostasis depends on what?

a)

Protein structure

b)

Feedback loops

c)

Carbohydrates

d)

Lipids

31.

The negative feedback loop works to bring things back to their normal levels.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

The positive feedback loop works to bring things back to their normal levels.

a)

True

b)

False