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Biology - Cell Membrane

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the function of the cell membrane?

a)

to do photosynthesis and cellular respiration

b)

to control what enters and leaves the cell

c)

to store genetic information

d)

to make proteins

2.

Which of the following is a good analogy for the cell membrane?

a)

A house. A house has windows with screens that allow some things in, like the fresh air, but keep other things out, like flies. A house has an address so deliveries come to the right place. Things can be packaged and mailed from a house. A house has doors that lock and can only be opened by the right key.

b)

A school. A school has many classrooms where students learn about different subjects that will help them be successful in life. A school also has a cafeteria where students get nutritious food to fuel them for the day.

c)

A car factory. A car factory has an assembly line where various car parts are assembled to make a vehicle that runs.

3.

Which best describes the phospholipid tails?

a)

hydrophilic

b)

hydrophobic

4.

Which of the following forms channels and pumps for larger molecules to move through the membrane?

a)

cholesterol

b)

integral proteins

c)

phospholipids

5.

Which of the following structures allows small molecules to pass through easily?

a)

integral proteins

b)

phospholipids

c)

cholesterol

6.

Which of the following is a fatty substance that helps to stabilize the membrane?

a)

phospholipids

b)

cholesterol

c)

integral proteins

7.

Which of the following pictures best represents the arrangement of the phospholipids in the lipid bilayer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Following is an illustration of a cell membrane. What is modeled at letter A?

a)

phospholipid

b)

lipid bilayer

c)

cholesterol

d)

protein pump

9.

Osmosis is an example of _____.

a)

passive transport

b)

active transport

10.

Exocytosis is an example of _____.

a)

passive transport

b)

active transport

11.

Which type of transport allows water to move through a protein called an aquaporin?

a)

diffusion

b)

protein pump

c)

osmosis

d)

endocytosis

12.

Which type of transport allows small particles to move directly through the lipid bilayer?

a)

endocytosis

b)

diffusion

c)

exocytosis

d)

facilitated diffusion

e)

protein pump

13.

Which type of transport is modeled here?

a)

diffusion

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

exocytosis

d)

endocytosis

e)

osmosis

14.

Which group of cells is responding to a hypertonic environment?

a)

Group 3

b)

Group 2

c)

Group 1

15.

In the Naked Egg Lab, when your egg sat in water, it was in a ______ environment. You know this because _________________.

a)

hypotonic / the water moved into the egg

b)

hypertonic / the water moved into the egg

c)

hypertonic / the water moved out of the egg

d)

hypotonic / the water moved out of the egg

16.

Following is an illustration of a cell membrane. What is modeled at letter E?

a)

channel protein

b)

protein pump

c)

lipid bilayer

d)

cholesterol

17.

Following is an illustration of a cell membrane. What is modeled at letter D?

a)

protein pump

b)

phospholipid

c)

protein channel

d)

cholesterol

e)

lipid bilayer

18.

The main difference between active and passive transport is that active transport requires energy and passive does not.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

Endocytosis is an example of _____.

a)

passive transport

b)

active transport

20.

Which type of transport requires energy to transport molecules out of the cell by use of a vesicle?

a)

osmosis

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

diffusion

d)

exocytosis

e)

protein pump

21.

Which type of transport is modeled here?

a)

diffusion

b)

endocytosis

c)

osmosis

d)

exocytosis

e)

protein pump

22.

Which group of cells is responding to a hypotonic environment?

a)

Group 1

b)

Group 3

c)

Group 2

23.

Which type of transport allows large molecules to move passively through a protein channel?

a)

facilitated diffusion

b)

exocytosis

c)

osmosis

d)

endocytosis

e)

diffusion

24.

Which type of transport requires energy to transport molecules out of the cell by use of a vesicle?

a)

facilitated diffusion

b)

exocytosis

c)

protein pump

d)

endocytosis

25.

Which type of transport is modeled here?

a)

protein pump

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

diffusion

d)

osmosis

e)

exocytosis