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Cell Membrane and Transport - practice questions

Total questions: 121

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
All cells have a:
a)
Nucleus
b)
Plasma membrane
c)
Cell wall
d)
Buddy
2.
All cells have a:
a)
Nucleus
b)
Plasma membrane
c)
Cell wall
d)
Buddy
3.
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
4.
What is NOT TRUE about the cell membrane
a)
It controls what enters and leaves the cell
b)
Semipermeable
c)
Phospholipid bilayer
d)
Contains digestive enzymes
5.
What do the brown structures represent?
a)
Phospholipids
b)
Glycoproteins
c)
Channel Proteins 
d)
Cyctoskeleton Filaments
6.
What is another term for "selectively permeable"?
a)
porous
b)
completely permeable
c)
permanent
d)
semipermeable
7.
Maintaining a constant internal state in a changing environment.
a)
Homeostasis
b)
Active Transport
c)
Mitosis
d)
Photosynthesis
8.
A type of active transport that releases particles that were enclosed from a cell when the membrane of the vesicle fuses with that of the cell membrane
a)
Exocytosis
b)
Osmosis
c)
Mitosis
d)
Endoyctosis
9.
A type of passive transport that moves particles from high concentration to low concentration; like the iodine into the cornstarch bag
a)
Exocytosis
b)
Osmosis
c)
Diffusion
d)
Endoyctosis
10.
A type of active transport that brings particles into a cell when the cell membrane encloses a particle to make a vesicle
a)
Diffusion
b)
Passive Transport
c)
Active Transport
d)
Endocytosis
11.
A type of passive transport that occurs when water crosses a cell membrane; like water entering raisin cells
a)
Osmosis
b)
Diffusion
c)
Mitosis
d)
Endocytosis
12.

Diffusion & Facilitated Diffusion are both __________ transport.

a)

Passive

b)

Active

c)

Easy

d)

Free

13.

Passive Transport is the movement of particles across the membrane from an area of [ ___ ] to an area of [ ___ ]

a)

high to low

b)

low to high

c)

low to low

d)

high to high

14.

Passive Transport uses ____ energy

a)

no

b)

a lot of

c)

a little bit of

d)

some

15.

The general name for movement of substances across cell membranes without need of energy input

a)

passive transport

b)

active transport

16.

The type of transport that requires the use of transport proteins

a)

Passive Transport

b)

Facilitated Diffusion

c)

Active Transport

d)

Vesicular Transport

17.

The passage of a substance from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration

a)

Active Transport

b)

Diffusion

c)

Vesicular Transport

d)

Exocytosis

18.

The energy molecule that powers some modes of transport

a)

ADP

b)

ATP

c)

AGP

d)

ABP

19.

Diffusion is a form of __________ transport.

a)

Passive

b)

Active

c)

Easy

d)

Free

20.

Passive Transport uses ____ energy

a)

no

b)

a lot of

c)

a little bit of

d)

some

21.

_____________ is the free movement of particles across the membrane with the concentration gradient

a)

diffusion

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

active transport

d)

fusion

22.

What is the movement of particles with the concentration gradient using protein "helpers"?

a)

diffusion

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

active transport

d)

enzymatic reactions

23.

The general name for movement of substances across cell membranes without need of energy input

a)

passive transport

b)

active transport

24.
Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.
a)
food
b)
energy
c)
oxygen
d)
water
25.

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

a)

Protein Synthesis

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Exocytosis

d)

Cytoplasmic Streaming

26.
In this image, the cell is using which type of molecular transport?
a)
Osmosis
b)
Diffusion 
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Exocytosis 
27.

The sodium potassium pump is an example of

a)

Passive Transport

b)

Active Transport

c)

Facilitated Diffusion

d)

Endocytosis

28.

Human red blood cells contain 0.9% sodium chloride as a component of their cytoplasm. What would happen if an IV solution containing 3.5% sodium chloride is introduced into a person? 

a)

The red blood cell would get bigger and burst.

b)

The red blood cell would stay the same size.

c)

The red blood cell would shrink.

d)

The red blood cell would first loose water and then absorb water.

29.

If the body can no longer make ATP, which type of transport would be impacted?

a)

Facilitated Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Active Transport

d)

Simple Diffusion

30.

Diffusion occurs when molecules

a)

move through a permanent barrier

b)

move against the concentration gradient

c)

move from high to low concentration

d)

move from low to high concentration

31.
All cells have a:
a)
Nucleus
b)
Plasma membrane
c)
Cell wall
d)
Buddy
32.
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
33.
What do the brown structures represent?
a)
Phospholipids
b)
Glycoproteins
c)
Channel Proteins 
d)
Cyctoskeleton Filaments
34.
Maintaining a constant internal state in a changing environment.
a)
Homeostasis
b)
Active Transport
c)
Mitosis
d)
Photosynthesis
35.
Hydrophilic means...
a)
water-loving
b)
water-fearing
c)
nonpolar
d)
lipid soluble
36.
Most of the cell membrane is made of...
a)
Lipids
b)
Carbohydrates
c)
Proteins
d)
Nucleic acids
37.
What does "bilayer" mean?
a)
one layer
b)
two layers
c)
laminated
d)
bilateral
38.
What is another term for "selectively permeable"?
a)
porous
b)
completely permeable
c)
permanent
d)
semipermeable
39.

Glycocalyx is a loose protein coat surrounding the cell which helps is attachment and immune response.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

_____ types of proteins are fixed inside the cell membrane?

a)

Peripheral protein

b)

Integral protein

c)

Both

d)

None of the above

41.

Aquaporins are examples of ____ proteins?

a)

Channel protein

b)

Carrier protein

c)

None of the above

d)

All of the above

42.

Sodium is present in more concentration in the _____?

a)

ECF

b)

ICF

c)

Equal in both ECF and ICF

d)

Not present anywhere

43.

Facilitated diffusion requires ATP.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

Rate of diffusion is directly proportional to lipid solubility.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

A process that facilitates movement of molecules along the concentration gradient without utilizing energy.

a)

Active Transport

b)

Passive Transport

46.

Potassium is present in more concentration in the _____?

a)

ECF

b)

ICF

47.

Rate of diffusion depends on the number and size of the openings through the cell membrane.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

The movement of water molecules through a semi permeable membrane from an area of high water concentration to an area of lower water concentration.

a)

Osmosis

b)

Active transport

c)

Co-transport

d)

Counter-transport

49.

Glycocalyx is a loose protein coat surrounding the cell which helps is attachment and immune response.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

_____ types of proteins are fixed inside the cell membrane?

a)

Peripheral protein

b)

Integral protein

c)

Both

d)

None of the above

51.

Aquaporins are examples of ____ proteins?

a)

Channel protein

b)

Carrier protein

c)

None of the above

d)

All of the above

52.

Sodium is present in more concentration in the _____?

a)

ECF

b)

ICF

c)

Equal in both ECF and ICF

d)

Not present anywhere

53.

Facilitated diffusion requires ATP.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

Rate of diffusion is directly proportional to lipid solubility.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

A process that facilitates movement of molecules along the concentration gradient without utilizing energy.

a)

Active Transport

b)

Passive Transport

56.

Potassium is present in more concentration in the _____?

a)

ECF

b)

ICF

57.

Rate of diffusion depends on the number and size of the openings through the cell membrane.

a)

True

b)

False

58.

The movement of water molecules through a semi permeable membrane from an area of high water concentration to an area of lower water concentration.

a)

Osmosis

b)

Active transport

c)

Co-transport

d)

Counter-transport

59.

Students are observing particles moving against the concentration gradient in a lab investigation. Which type of transport are they observing?

a)

osmosis

b)

active Transport

c)

facilitated diffusion

d)

diffusion

60.

Students are observing particles moving with the concentration gradient in a lab investigation. Which type of transport are they observing?

a)

using pumps to move things quickly

b)

passive transport

c)

osmosis

d)

endocytosis

61.

This picture shows molecules of red dye that have moved. What is this type of movement called?

a)

Osmosis; the water molecules are moving from high concentration to low

b)

Diffusion; the dye molecules are moving from low to high concentration

c)

Diffusion; the dye molecules are moving from high to low concentration.

d)

Facilitated diffusion; because the molecules are moving through a protein channel.

62.

The cell membrane is responsible for allowing molecules to diffuse into or out of the cell. What type of movement is diffusion?

a)

Passive transport

b)

Active transport

63.

The cell membrane is responsible for allowing molecules to diffuse through a protein channel, from high concentration to low concentration. What type of transport is this?

a)

Passive Transport

b)

Active transport

64.

The cell membrane needs to use energy to move molecules quickly out of the cell through a pump. What type of transport is this?

a)

Passive transport

b)

Active transport

65.

Passive transport is when molecules move ________ the concentration gradient.

a)

against

b)

up

c)

down

d)

with

66.

Active transport is when molecules move ________ the concentration gradient.

a)

against

b)

up

c)

down

d)

with

67.

This picture is a representation of what type of transport?

a)

Osmosis because it is diffusing through a protein from an area of high concentration to low concentration.

b)

Facilitated diffusion because it is diffusing through a protein from an area of high concentration to low concentration.

c)

Facilitated diffusion because it is diffusing through a protein from an area of low concentration to high concentration.

d)

Simple diffusion because it is diffusing through a protein from an area of high concentration to low concentration.

68.

This picture describes the movement of molecules across the cell membrane. Choose 2 answers that correctly describes the movement of the molecules.

a)

Molecules are moving up the concentration gradient.

b)

Molecules are moving from an area of low concentration to area of high concentration .

c)

Molecules are moving down the concentration gradient.

d)

Molecules are moving from an area of high concentration to area of low concentration.

69.

What do you think will not allow the turgid plant cell to burst?

a)

chloroplast

b)

cell membrane

c)

cell wall

d)

central vacuole

70.

This a picture of an animal and plant cell placed in a solution. Describe the solution?

a)

Isotonic

b)

Hypotonic

c)

Hypertonic

71.

This a picture of an animal and plant cell placed in a solution. Describe the solution?

a)

Isotonic

b)

Hypotonic

c)

Hypertonic

72.

What type of solution was this plant placed in?

a)

hypertonic

b)

isotonic

c)

hypotonic

73.

What type of solution was this plant placed in?

a)

hypotonic

b)

isotonic

c)

hypertonic

74.

A cell with a 10% salt solution; is placed in distilled water with 0% starch concentration. Water can travel across a semipermeable membrane but starch cannot. Would you expect to see after an hour?

a)

The solution inside the cell is hypotonic and moves into the cell.

b)

The solution inside the cell is hypertonic so the water moves into the cell.

c)

The solution inside the cell is hypotonic and moves out of the cell.

d)

The solution inside the cell is isotonic so the water doesn't move.

75.

Which cell do you think would be most ideal for maintaining homeostasis?

a)

The smallest cell because it would be more efficient to remove and obtains molecules

b)

The largest one because it would be able to obtain more food and store for longer periods of time.

c)

The largest one because it has more room to grow

d)

The medium cell because it would be more efficient to remove and obtains molecules

76.

What is the monomer for a lipid?

a)

monosaccharide

b)

glycerol and fatty acid

c)

amino acids

d)

nucleic acid

77.

What is the name of this macromolecule?

a)

protein

b)

carbohydrate

c)

lipid

d)

nucleic acid

78.

What is the main function of this macromolecule?

a)

Insolation, and components of the cell membrane

b)

quick energy

c)

structure muscles and growth.

d)

storage of genetic information

79.

The sodium potassium pump is an example of

a)

Passive Transport

b)

Active Transport

c)

Facilitated Diffusion

d)

Endocytosis

80.

Human red blood cells contain 0.9% sodium chloride as a component of their cytoplasm. What would happen if an IV solution containing 3.5% sodium chloride is introduced into a person? 

a)

The red blood cell would get bigger and burst.

b)

The red blood cell would stay the same size.

c)

The red blood cell would shrink.

d)

The red blood cell would first loose water and then absorb water.

81.

If the body can no longer make ATP, which type of transport would be impacted?

a)

Facilitated Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Active Transport

d)

Simple Diffusion

82.

If you could no longer make ATP, which type of transport could still occur. Choose all that apply.

a)

Diffusion

b)

Pinocytosis

c)

Exocytosis

d)

Osmosis

83.

Diffusion occurs when molecules

a)

move through a permanent barrier

b)

move against the concentration gradient

c)

move from high to low concentration

d)

move from low to high concentration

84.

A balloon allows water but not sugar to pass through it. The balloon contains a 5% sugar solution. A beaker contains a 10% sugar solution. Which statement is true?

a)

Water will enter the balloon and it will swell

b)

Water will leave the balloon and it will shrink

c)

Sugar will enter the balloon

d)

Water will enter the balloon via active transport

85.

Look at the picture. What is most likely to occur over a period of time?

a)

Oxygen will leave the cell.

b)

Oxygen will enter the cell.

c)

Carbon dioxide will leave the cell.

d)

Carbon dioxide will enter the cell.

86.

A plant's root cell already has a higher concentration of nutrients inside the cell than outside of the cell. How can the cell still take in nutrients?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Passive Transport

c)

Active Transport

d)

Facilitated Diffusion

87.

Which of these would be best used to model a cell membrane in order to demonstrate osmosis?

a)

glass that has a flat and uniform surface

b)

rubber balloon that can expand and stretch without breaking

c)

tissue paper that will easily rip and dissolve in water

d)

tubing with many pores that are too small to see

88.

What is the function of carbohydrates in the cell membrane?

a)

The make up the majority of the cell membrane.

b)

They act as channels for substances to pass through.

c)

They act as name tags for the cell which is important for cell recognition and interaction.

d)

They are not found in the cell membrane.

89.

What is the function of proteins in the cell membrane?

a)

to package and sort molecules to be sent in vesicles

b)

to allow substances to cross the plasma membrane via active transport

c)

to provide a hydrophilic head so that water can enter the cell

d)

important in cell communication

90.

How does the cell help to maintain homeostasis?

a)

The cell membrane helps control the contents of a cell by combining simple molecules into complex molecules.

b)

The cell membrane controls the concentration of organic molecules in a cell's cytoplasm.

c)

The cell membrane produces enzymes that allow a cell to quickly carry out needed chemical reactions.

d)

The cell membrane protects all of the organelles within the cell from injury.

91.

What macromolecule makes up the channels found in the cell membrane?

a)

Lipids

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Nucleic Acids

d)

Proteins

92.

Which part of the phospholipid is hydrophobic?

a)

Phosphate Head

b)

Fatty Acid Tail

93.

Which part of the phospholipid is hydrophilic?

a)

Phosphate Head

b)

Fatty Acid Tail

94.

What type of molecules can easily diffuse through the cell membrane?

a)

Small Molecules

b)

Large Molecules

c)

Charged Molecules

d)

Nonpolar Molecules

95.

What type of molecules CANNOT easily diffuse through the cell membrane and would need a protein to help them?

a)

Small Molecules

b)

Large Molecules

c)

Charged Molecules

d)

Nonpolar Molecules

96.

What type of lipid forms the cell membrane?

a)

Bilipid

b)

Steroid

c)

Phospholipid

d)

Glycerol

97.

Would this dissolve in water?

a)

Yes

b)

No

98.

This is likely an image of which macromolecule?

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Protein

c)

Nucleic Acid

d)

Lipid

99.

You bought some fresh flowers from the store but they started to look wilted. Once you placed them in a vase full of water, the leaves and stems began to swell again. What process is responsible for this swelling?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Osmosis

c)

Diffusion

d)

Active Transport

100.

You got your wisdom teeth removed and the doctor told you to rinse your mouth with salt water. Why?

a)

The salt water is a hypertonic solution, and the swollen cells in Devin's mouth will release water through osmosis.

b)

The salt water is a hypotonic solution, and the swollen cells in Devin's mouth will take in water through osmosis.

c)

The salt water is a hypotonic solution, and the swollen cells in Devin's mouth will release water through diffusion.

d)

The salt water is a hypertonic solution, and the swollen cells in Devin's mouth will take in water through diffusion.

101.

Which process would best demonstrate osmosis?

a)

a procedure that uses a banana that has been left overnight in milk

b)

a procedure that uses the skins of potato left overnight in oil

c)

a procedure that uses a 2-liter bottle filled with oil and water that is left overnight

d)

a procedure that uses grapes left overnight in a high concentration of salt water

102.

What is the movement of small particles across a selectively permeable membrane like the cell membrane until equilibrium is reached? 

a)

Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Facilitated Diffusion

d)

Ion Channel

103.

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

a)

Diffusion

b)

Homeostasis

c)

Osmosis

d)

Active transport

104.

Which of these is not a form of passive transport?

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Diffusion

c)

Osmosis

d)

Facilitated Diffusion

105.

What is the process of moving water from high to low concentrations through the cell membrane?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Endocytosis

d)

Exocytosis

106.

Which process moves molecules from low to high concentration?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Facilitated diffusion

d)

Active transport

107.

What type of active transport does waste move out of the cell?

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Exocytosis

c)

Sodium Potassium Pump

d)

Diffusion

108.

What type of active transport does food move into the cell?

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Exocytosis

c)

Sodium Potassium Pump

d)

Diffusion

109.

Active transport requires

a)

A concentration gradient

b)

Osmosis

c)

Energy

d)

Hypertonic solution

110.

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

111.

The picture shows

a)

Osmosis

b)

Diffusion

c)

Endocytosis

d)

Exocytosis

112.

The picture shows

a)

Osmosis

b)

Diffusion

c)

Endocytosis

d)

Exocytosis

113.

Which type of transport goes from low concentration to high concentration using ATP energy?

a)

active transport

b)

passive transport

114.

What type of transport is occurring in the diagram?

a)

diffusion

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

active transport

115.

Diffusion is a form of __________ transport.

a)

Passive

b)

Active

c)

Easy

d)

Free

116.

Passive Transport uses ____ energy

a)

no

b)

a lot of

c)

a little bit of

d)

some

117.

_____________ is the free movement of particles across the membrane with the concentration gradient

a)

diffusion

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

active transport

d)

fusion

118.

The general name for movement of substances across cell membranes without need of energy input

a)

passive transport

b)

active transport

119.
Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.
a)
food
b)
energy
c)
oxygen
d)
water
120.

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

a)

Protein Synthesis

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Exocytosis

d)

Cytoplasmic Streaming

121.
In this image, the cell is using which type of molecular transport?
a)
Osmosis
b)
Diffusion 
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Exocytosis