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Homeostasis and Cell Transportation Review

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

___ is the maintenance of an internal balance of conditions in a changing external environment.

a)

Diffusion

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Passive transport

d)

Homeostasis

2.

Molecules move in and out of a cell by diffusion. The picture shows a cell and molecules both inside and outside the cell. How will the molecules in this illustration move as a result of diffusion?

a)

into the cell

b)

out of the cell

c)

into another cell

d)

to the external environment

3.

Cell membranes are semi-permeable because they allow only certain particles to cross into or out of the cell.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The movement of particles across a cell membrane without the use of energy by the cell is called?

a)

Active Transport

b)

Passive Transport

c)

Endocytosis

d)

Exocytosis

5.

______ is the movement of molecules from high concentrations to low concentrations.

a)

Diffusion

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Exocytosis

d)

Osmosis

6.

When particles are enclosed in a vesicle and released from a cell, the process is called _____?

a)

diffusion

b)

endocytosis

c)

exocytosis

d)

osmosis

7.

_____ is the diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane.

a)

Diffusion

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Exocytosis

d)

Osmosis

8.

The movement of materials across the cell membrane from areas of low concentration into areas of higher concentration and requires the cell to use energy.

a)

Passive Transport

b)

Active Transport

c)

Osmosis

d)

Diffusion

9.

Diffusion and osmosis are what type of transport?

a)

Active transport

b)

Passive transport

10.

The process by which a cell uses energy to surround a particle and enclose the particle in a vesicle to bring the particle into the cell is called ______?

a)

diffusion

b)

endocyctosis

c)

exocytosis

d)

osmosis

11.

Endocytosis and exocytosis are forms of active transport?

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Active transport requires

a)

osmosis

b)

energy

c)

a hypotonic solution

d)

a concentration gradient

13.

Which is an example of a hypertonic solution that a human cell could be placed into?

a)

Saltwater

b)

a solution equal to the concentrations of the cell

c)

pure water (no solutes)

14.

Why would a plant cell become wilted in a concentrated sugar solution?

a)

the cell would gain water by the process of osmosis

b)

the cell would lose water by the process of osmosis

c)

the cell would lose water because of active transport

d)

the cell would gain water because of active transport

15.

What type of transport is displayed here?

a)

Active Transport

b)

Facilitated Diffusion

c)

Simple Diffusion

16.

Which direction will water flow in across this semipermeable membrane? The purple molecules are solutes (like salt)

a)

Side A

b)

Side B

17.

What would happen if you gave a patient an IV of pure water?

a)

Nothing will happen to their red blood cells

b)

Their red blood cells would swell and burst

c)

Their red blood cells would shrink and shrivel

18.

What would happen if an animal cell is placed in saltwater?

a)

nothing will happen the cell will be fine

b)

The cell will fill with water and expand causing it to burst

c)

The cell will lose water and shrink causing it to shrivel and die

19.
A molecule that diffuses down a concentration gradient goes from an area of ______ concentration into an area of ______ concentration.
a)
high, low
b)
low, high
c)
passive, active
d)
active, passive
20.
Active transport requires ______, moves materials from __________________, and goes _______ the concentration gradient.
a)
No energy, low to high, against
b)
ATP, high to low, with
c)
ATP, low to high, with
d)
ATP, low to high, against
21.

What type of solution has more molecules outside the cell then inside the cell?

a)

Hypertonic

b)

Hypotonic

c)

Isotonic

22.

What type of solution has less molecules outside then inside the cell?

a)

Hypertonic

b)

Hypotonic

c)

Isotonic

23.

What is it called when large molecules move across the cell membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration through a protein channel?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Active Transport

d)

Facilitated Diffusion

24.

How does a cell maintain homeostasis?

a)

By controlling what enters and leaves the cell

b)

Flexibility

c)

Protective barrier

d)

Structure and support

25.
What is the difference between active and passive transport?
a)
Active does not need energy and passive uses ATP (energy)
b)
Active uses ATP (energy) and passive does not need energy
c)
Active stores transport proteins and passive releases 
d)
Active uses hormones and passive does not 
26.

The movement of molecules from low to high is known as

a)

simple diffusion

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

active transport

d)

osmosis

27.
Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.
a)
food
b)
energy
c)
oxygen
d)
water
28.
This cell structure helps organisms maintain homeostasis by controlling what substances may enter or leave cells.
a)
vacuole
b)
nucleus
c)
cell membrane
d)
cell wall
29.
The picture is an example of...
a)
active tranport
b)
passive transport
c)
diffusion
d)
osmosis
30.
This picture represents what type of cell transport?
a)
endocytosis
b)
exocytosis
c)
osmosis
d)
passive transport
31.
The cell below is in a _________ solution.
a)
Hypotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Isotonic
32.
The cell below is in a _____________ solution.
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Hypotonic
c)
Isotonic
33.
A cell in an isotonic solution will
a)
swell
b)
shrink
c)
stay the same size
d)
impossible to tell
34.
During pinocytosis, the cell takes in liquids. 
a)
True
b)
False
35.
A cell will __________________ in a hypotonic solution.
a)
swell and perhaps burst (lyse)
b)
shrink
c)
the size of the cell will not change
d)
the size of the cell will change from large to small and from small to large
36.

The process in which cells engulf and digest microorganism and/or cellular debris is called...

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Digestion

c)

Eating

d)

Phagocytosis

37.

What is Isotonic?

a)

When comparing two solutions, the solution with the greater concentration.

b)

When the concentration of two solutions is the same.

c)

When comparing two solutions, the solution with the lesser concentration of solutes.

d)

The tendency of an organism or cell to regulate the chemical processes that take place internally so as to maintain health and functioning, regardless of outside conditions.

38.
What type of transport is occurring in part A of the diagram?
a)
Facilitated Diffusion
b)
Osmosis
c)
Active Transport
d)
Diffusion
39.
What type of transport is occurring in part B of the diagram?
a)
Osmosis
b)
Diffusion
c)
Facilitated Diffusion
d)
Active Transport
40.
What type of transport is occurring in part C of the diagram?
a)
Passive Transport
b)
Osmosis
c)
Active Transport
d)
Facilitated Diffusion
41.
The cell membrane allows certain substances to pass through but not others, this is known as: 
a)
Double membrane bound organelle
b)
Semi-Permeable
c)
Non-Permeable
d)
Completely Permeable