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Cell Membrane & Transport

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Active transport

b)

Passive transport

2.

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

a)

Active transport

b)

Passive transport

3.

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

a)

Active transport

b)

Passive transport

4.

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

a)

Facilitated diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Diffusion

5.

Which type of passive transport focuses on the movement of water through the membrane?

a)

Facilitated diffusion

b)

Osmosis

c)

Diffusion

6.

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

a)

Hypertonic

b)

Hypotonic

c)

Isotonic

7.

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

a)

Isotonic

b)

Hypertonic

c)

Hypotonic

8.

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

9.

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

a)

Diffusion

b)

Homeostasis

c)

Osmosis

d)

Active transport

10.

Which of these is not a form of passive transport?

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Diffusion

c)

Osmosis

d)

Facilitated Diffusion

11.

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

a)

Endocytosis

b)

Exocytosis

c)

Sodium Potassium Pump

d)

Diffusion

12.

Active transport requires

a)

A concentration gradient

b)

Osmosis

c)

Energy

d)

Hypertonic solution

13.

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

a)

Protein Synthesis

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Exocytosis

d)

Cytoplasmic Streaming

14.
In this image, the cell is using which type of molecular transport?
a)
Osmosis
b)
Diffusion 
c)
Endocytosis
d)
Exocytosis 
15.
In which case would a cell most likely shrink?
a)
when placed in a solution containing a high salt concentration
b)
when placed in a isotonic solution
c)
when placed in a solution containing a low pH
d)
when placed in a solution containing distilled water
16.

What part of the cell regulates what can enter and leave the cell?  

a)
Cell Membrane
b)
Nucleus
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Cytoplasm
17.

What are the two types of cell transport?

a)

Passive and Active

b)

Active and Facilitated

c)

Passive and Facilitated

d)

None of the above

18.

In passive transport, substances move across the cell membrane ________ the concentration gradient

a)

AGAINST

b)

ALONG

c)

WITH

d)

BETWEEN

19.

What macromolecule is embedded into the lipid bilayer and helps to transport molecules?

a)

Carbohydrate

b)

Lipid

c)

Protein

d)

Nucleic Acid

20.

The movement of materials that requires energy is called...

a)

active transport

b)

passive transport

c)

massive transport

d)

proactive transport