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Cell Transport

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Diffusion is a form of __________ transport.

a)

Passive

b)

Active

c)

Easy

d)

Free

2.

After diffusion has occured & the concentrations are the same on both sides of a membrane, the substance is said to be in _________ ____________ .

a)

exocytosis

b)

dynamic equilibrium

c)

net movement

d)

facilitated

3.
Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.
a)
food
b)
energy
c)
oxygen
d)
water
4.

Some cells move large particles out of the cell through the process of:

a)

Protein Synthesis

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Exocytosis

d)

Cytoplasmic Streaming

5.

Particle of movement from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration.

a)

Active transport

b)

Passive transport

6.

Particle of movement from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.

a)

Active transport

b)

Passive transport

7.

Which type of transport uses energy in the form of ATP to transport substances?

a)

Active transport

b)

Passive transport

8.

Which type of transport does not use energy to transport substances?

a)

Active transport

b)

Passive transport

9.

Which type of passive transport uses transport proteins to transport items such as glucose through the membrane?

a)

Facilitated diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Diffusion

10.

Which type of solution has the same solute concentration inside of and outside of the cell?

a)

Hypertonic

b)

Hypotonic

c)

Isotonic

11.

The cell shrunk in size, which means it was placed in a ____ solution.

a)

Isotonic

b)

Hypertonic

c)

Hypotonic

12.

The cell expanded in size to the point of lysing (bursting), which means it was placed in a ____ solution.

a)

Isotonic

b)

Hypertonic

c)

Hypotonic

13.

The cell shows water moving in and out equally, which means it was placed in a ___ solution.

a)

Isotonic

b)

Hypertonic

c)

Hypotonic

14.

The cell membrane is a

a)

carbohydrate bilayer

b)

phopholipid bilayer

c)

protein bilayer

15.

The phopholipid portion of the cell membrane will only allow ____ to pass through it.

a)

small, hydrophobic molecules

b)

small, hydrophilic molecules

c)

large, hydrophobic molecules

d)

large, hydrophilic molecules

16.

Protein pumps used in ACTIVE transport move molecules from an area of ____ concentration to ____ concentration.

a)

high; low

b)

low; high

17.

Plant cells placed in a hypertonic solution undergo

a)

lysis

b)

plasmolysis

c)

turgidity

d)

replication

18.

Which type of cells have a cell membrane?

a)

only bacteria cells

b)

plants and animal cells only

c)

only fungi cells

d)

all cells

19.

Facilitated diffusion is the movement of a charged or polar molecule through ______ from high concentration to low concentration

a)

the phospholipid bilayer

b)

a protein channel

20.

Water always has a net movement toward the ____ side of a cell membrane.

a)

hypertonic

b)

isotonic

c)

hypotonic

21.

Match the following

a)

active export of large amounts of material involving vesicles

1.

exocytosis

b)

active import of large amounts of material involving vesicles

2.

endocytosis

c)

active transport that pumps particles from high to low concentration

3.

protein pump

22.

Match the following

a)

Phagocytosis

1.

Taking in Solid food particles

b)

Pinocytosis

2.

Taking in dissolved or broken down substances

c)

Receptor-mediated

3.

The cell brings in specific substances using receptors.

23.
The function of the plasma membrane is....
a)
to regulate what enters and leaves the cell.
b)
fight bacteria and viruses that enter the cell.
c)
provide rigid support and protection to the cell.
d)
make sure each cell can move
24.
What do the brown structures represent?
a)
Phospholipids
b)
Glycoproteins
c)
Channel Proteins 
d)
Cyctoskeleton Filaments
25.

The type of transport that requires the use of transport proteins

a)

Passive Transport

b)

Facilitated Diffusion

c)

Active Transport

d)

Vesicular Transport

26.

The energy molecule that powers some modes of transport

a)

ADP

b)

ATP

c)

AGP

d)

ABP

27.
What does "bilayer" mean?
a)
one layer
b)
two layers
c)
laminated
d)
bilateral
28.
Hydrophilic means...
a)
water-loving
b)
water-fearing
c)
nonpolar
d)
lipid soluble
29.
Hydrophobic region of the cell membrane?
a)
E
b)
B
c)
C
d)
30.
A ______________ is composed of a phosphate and glycerol head and 2 fatty acid chain tails. 
a)
phospholipid 
b)
Carbohydrate
c)
Cholesterol 
d)
Protein