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Unit 4 Practice Quiz - Cell Transportation

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration called.

a)

Concentration

b)

Facilitated Diffusion

c)

Osmosis

d)

Diffusion

2.

What is Passive Transport?

a)

Movement of molecules from no concentration to high concentration. Requires no energy

b)

Movement of molecules from low to high concentration. Requires Energy

c)

Movement of molecules from high to low concentration. Requires no Energy

d)

Movement of proteins within the cell.

3.

What is Active Transport?

a)

Movement of molecules from no concentration to high concentration. Requires no energy

b)

Movement of molecules from low to high concentration. Requires Energy

c)

Movement of molecules from high to low concentration. Requires no Energy

d)

Movement of proteins within the cell.

4.
Which diagram best shows the end result of diffusion?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
5.

Diffusion is the movement of molecules from an area of _____ concentration to an ______ concentration

a)

High, low

b)

Low, high

c)

Low, low

d)

High, high

6.
If there is more oxygen in the blood than in an organ, which direction would the oxygen move?
a)
Out of the blood
b)
Into the blood
7.

Where is there a low concentration of dye?

a)

at the bottom of cup

b)

in the color

c)

at the top of cup

d)

no concenteraion gradient

8.

The picture below is an example of _________________.

a)

osmosis

b)

isotonic

c)

diffusion

d)

active transport

9.

How long does diffusion last?

a)

Until the concentration of particles in the system is equal

b)

Until a region in the system has a smaller concentration of particles than the other

c)

Until a region in the system has a greater concentration of particles than the other

d)

Until the particles disappear from the system

10.
Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.
a)
food
b)
energy
c)
oxygen
d)
water
11.
During osmosis
a)
water moves from high to low concentration
b)
large or oddly shaped molecules move across a cell membrane
c)
water moves when energy is used
d)
proteins are built
12.
Permeable means
a)
things can pass through
b)
the concentration levels are different
c)
it is permanent
d)
things are stuck
13.
What is the definition of  Selective Permeability?
a)
The movement of materials across the cell membrane that requires NO ENERGY from the cell.
b)
The movement of materials through (or across) the cell membrane
c)
The ability of the cell membrane to allow some things to pass through while preventing other things from passing through.
d)
The movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to a area of low concentration 
14.
_______ regulates what enters and leaves a cell.  
a)
Cell Membrane
b)
Nucleus
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Cytoplasm
15.
Which way will the water molecules move during osmosis?
a)
Out of the cell, so the cell shrinks.
b)
Out of the cell, so the cell swells.
c)
Into the cell, so the cell shrinks.
d)
Into the cell, so the cell swells.
16.
Endocytosis is defined as
a)
the movement of large molecules from the inside of the cell to the outisde of the cell using channel proteins. 
b)
the movement of large molecules from the inside of the cell to the outisde of the cell membrane vesciles. 
c)
 the movement of large molecules from the outside of the cell to the inside of the cell using membrane vesciles.
d)
the movement of large molecules from the outside of the cell to the inside of the cell using channel proteins. 
17.
Exocytosis is the movement of
a)
any type of substance from outside the cell to the inside of the cell. 
b)
very large substances from outside the cell to the inside of the cell. 
c)
any type of substance from inside the cell to the outside.
d)
very large substances from inside the cell to the outside.
18.
Active transport _______ and is the movement of a substance from _____ to _____ concentration
a)
requires energy, high to low
b)
requires no energy, low to high
c)
 requires no energy, high to low
d)
 requires energy, low to high
19.
If something goes "along" its concentration gradient it goes from
a)
an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration
b)
an area of high concentration to an area of low concetration
20.
In this image, the cell is using which type of molecular transport?
a)
Osmosis
b)
Diffusion 
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Exocytosis 
21.

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.

22.

Diffusion within protein channels is called...

a)

Osmosis

b)

Facilitated Diffusion

c)

Diffusion

d)

Osmotic Pressure

23.

When materials are expelled form the cell, it is called...

a)

Exocytosis

b)

Diffusion

c)

Lysosomes

d)

Membrane

24.
Exocytosis is the movement of
a)
any type of substance from outside the cell to the inside of the cell. 
b)
very large substances from outside the cell to the inside of the cell. 
c)
any type of substance from inside the cell to the outside.
d)
very large substances from inside the cell to the outside.
25.

What is the term to describe maintaining internal balance in the cell? 

a)

Diffusion

b)

Homeostasis

c)

Osmosis

d)

Active transport

26.

Which of these is not a form of passive transport?

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Diffusion

c)

Osmosis

d)

Facilitated Diffusion

27.

What is the job of the cell membrane?

a)

Make proteins

b)

Fold proteins

c)

Direct cell's activities

d)

Allow things in and out of the cell

28.

The picture shows

a)

Osmosis

b)

Diffusion

c)

Endocytosis

d)

Exocytosis

29.

Passive Transport uses ____ energy

a)

no

b)

a lot of

c)

a little bit of

d)

some

30.
Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.
a)
food
b)
energy
c)
oxygen
d)
water
31.

What is a difference between diffusion and facilitated diffusion?

a)

movement of particles from [high] to [low]

b)

a protein "helper"

c)

movement of particles from [low] to [high]

d)

energy

32.

The condition in which all acting influences are balanced.

a)

equilibrium

b)

dynamic equilibrium

c)

net movement

33.

occurs when the concentration of particles is higher in one area than another.

a)

concentration gradient

b)

concentration

c)

[high] --> [low]

34.

The relative amount of a given substance contained within a solution or in a particular volume of space; the amount of solute per unit volume of solution. The higher the concentration, the more solute is present.

a)

concentration gradient

b)

concentration

c)

[high] --> [low]

35.

Which of the following is not a form of passive transport

a)

diffusion

b)

osmosis

c)

facilitated diffusion

d)

endocytosis

36.
The cell below is in a _____________ solution.
a)
Hypertonic
b)
Hypotonic
c)
Isotonic
37.
This egg has shrunk, what type of solution was it placed in?
a)
hypotonic solution
b)
hypertonic solution
c)
isotonic solution
d)
active transport
38.
You put a cell into a solution, the cell grows. Is the solution hypotonic or hypertonic to the cell? 
a)
hypertonic
b)
hypotonic
c)
isotonic
d)
not enough information
39.
What type of solution allows water to enter the plant cell?
a)
hypotonic solution
b)
hypertonic solution
c)
isotonic solution
d)
active transport
40.
An ISOTONIC solution has a(n) ______________ concentration of solute (dissolved stuff) than inside the cell.
a)
lower
b)
equal
c)
higher
41.
If a cell is placed in a HYPOTONIC solution, water will move _________ of the cell, causing it to ___________.
a)
into, swell
b)
out of, shrivel
c)
in and out of the cell, stay the same
42.
What type of solution is this cell in?
a)
Isotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Hypotonic
d)
diffused
43.
What type of solution is this cell in?
a)
Isotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Hypotonic
d)
diffused
44.
What type of solution is this cell in?
a)
Isotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Hypotonic
d)
diffused
45.
A balance that an organism maintains by regulating what goes into and out of the cell.
a)
love
b)
peace
c)
homeostasis
d)
happiness
46.

These organelles collect excess water and then contract to pump the water out of the cell

a)

contractile vacuoles

b)

nucleus

c)

vesicles

d)

golgi body

47.

A form of active transport that will only move sodium and potassium from low to high concentrations

a)

Exocytosis

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Sodium-Potassium Pump

d)

Osmosis

48.

Which of the following is TRUE regarding the differences between active and passive transport?

a)

1. active transport is from high to low concentration

2. active transport does require energy

b)

1. active transport is from low to high concentration

2. active transport doesn't require energy

c)

1. passive transport is from high to low concentration

2. passive transport doesn't require energy

d)

1. passive transport is from low to high concentration

2. passive transport does require energy

49.

The ingestion of liquid into a cell by the budding of small vesicles from the cell membrane.

a)

pinocytosis

b)

phagocytosis

c)

facilitated diffusion

d)

buddcytosis

50.

The ingestion of other cells or particles

that are solid in nature

a)

pinocytosis

b)

phagocytosis

c)

facilitated diffusion

d)

buddcytosis

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