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Cellular Transport and Homeostasis

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which cell function is MOST directly dependent on the cytoskeleton?

a)

transport of material inside the cell

b)

response of the cell to external pathogens

c)

storage of energy in stable long-term forms

d)

direction of cellular activity

2.

Which of these would be a model of diffusion?

a)

a student passes through a revolving door

b)

two students pass by each other in a hallway

c)

two students bump into each other in a crowded subway car

d)

many students pass from a crowded room into an empty hallway

3.

Which two protein molecules are essential for muscle contraction and relaxation?

a)

actin and myosin

b)

collagen and tubulin

c)

hemoglobin and myoglobin

d)

amylase and polymerase

4.

Which of these will occur if myosin fails to bind to actin during muscle contraction?

a)

The muscle cells will lose ATP.

b)

The muscle cells will remain relaxed.

c)

The muscle cells will produce lactic acid

d)

The muscle cells will lose calcium ions.

5.

Newly made proteins are modified in which organelle?

a)

ribosome

b)

endoplasmic reticulum

c)

mitochondrion

d)

nuclear envelope

6.

Which component of the cell membrane functions to actively transport molecules into the cell?

a)

carbohydrate

b)

cytoplasm

c)

phospholipid

d)

protein

7.

Which process moves an ion across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient?

a)

diffusion

b)

exocytosis

c)

facilitated diffusion

d)

active transport

8.

Which of the following travels from neuron to neuron as information is transmitted?

a)

electrochemical impulses

b)

RNA strands

c)

transport vesicles high in ATP

d)

mechanical forces

9.

Electron transport in mitochondria results in a chemiosmotic gradient of which particle across the mitochondrial membrane?

a)

ADP

b)

ATP

c)

protons

d)

neutrons

10.

Which cellular structure in an animal cell helps maintain homeostasis by controlling the transportation of substances into and out of the cell?

a)

vacuole

b)

cell wall

c)

mitochondrion

d)

cell membrane