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Cellular Transport Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the movement of substances across a cell membrane without the need for energy called?

a)

passive transport

b)

active transport

c)

exocytosis

d)

endocytosis

2.

What process moves any material from high concentration to low concentration?

a)

osmosis

b)

endocytosis

c)

diffusion

d)

active transport

3.

What is the movement of water through a semipermeable membrane called?

a)

exocytosis

b)

osmosis

c)

active transport

d)

facilitated diffusion

4.

What best describes the cell membrane?

a)

It is a single layer of lipids.

b)

It is an impenetrable barrier.

c)

It is strong, rigid and durable.

d)

It is a lipid bilayer.

5.

When a plant cell is placed in a saltwater solution, the cell is affected and changes size. What part of the cell will be unaffected?

a)

The cell membrane

b)

The cytoplasm

c)

The cell wall

d)

The vacuole

6.

Which cell process moves substances against a concentration gradient?

a)

diffusion

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

osmosis

d)

active transport

7.

What molecule is used as energy for active transport?

a)

ADP

b)

ATP

c)

lipase

d)

glucose

8.

Which type of cell transport occurs when a cell's membrane folds inward to bring material into the cell?

a)

endocytosis

b)

pinocytosis

c)

exocytosis

d)

phagocytosis

9.

What type of protein helps molecules move through a cell membrane?

a)

channel protein

b)

carrier protein

c)

receptor protein

d)

glycoprotein

10.

What is the main function of a selectively permeable cell membrane?

a)

storage of water

b)

break down of molecules in the cell

c)

storage of chemicals

d)

regulates what enters and leaves the cell

11.

What is the difference between diffusion and facilitated diffusion?

a)

facilitated diffusion requires energy

b)

diffusion moves substances from low to high concentration

c)

facilitated diffusion uses carrier proteins to move substances in or out of the cell

d)

all of the above

12.

What type of membrane protein has a straight pathway for molecules to move?

a)

channel protein

b)

carrier protein

c)

receptor protein

d)

glycoprotein

13.

What ions does this carrier protein pump from low to high concentration?

a)

calcium & iron

b)

nitrogen & sodium

c)

sodium & potassium

d)

potassium & calcium

14.

Which is an example of osmosis?

a)

water moving into the root cells of a plant

b)

oxygen moving into the bloodstream from the lungs

c)

potassium ions moving in and out of an animal cell

d)

all of the above

15.

Two solutions that have the same solute concentration is called _________.

a)

osmosis

b)

hypertonic

c)

hypotonic

d)

isotonic

16.

A solution with a higher concentration of solutes than that of the cell is called _________.

a)

osmosis

b)

hypertonic

c)

hypotonic

d)

isotonic

17.

What would happen to a cell placed in a hypotonic solution?

a)

water would move out of the cell causing it to shrink

b)

salt would move out of the cell causing it to shrink

c)

water would move into the cell causing it to swell

d)

the cell would remain the same size

18.

What type of transport occurs when a large cell consumes a smaller cell such as a bacterium?

a)

endocytosis

b)

pinocytosis

c)

exocytosis

d)

phagocytosis

19.

What transport occurs when fluid and solute is ingested into a cell by budding of small vesicles from the cell membrane?

a)

endocytosis

b)

pinocytosis

c)

exocytosis

d)

phagocytosis

20.

How does particle size affect a molecule's ability to move across a cell membrane?

a)

It is easier for small molecules to diffuse across the cell membrane.

b)

It is easier for large molecules to diffuse across the cell membrane.

c)

Particle size is not important.

d)

Particle size is not as important as shape when moving across the membrane.