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2.4 Transport Across Membrane

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the difference between active and passive transport?
a)
Active does not need energy and passive uses ATP (energy)
b)
Active uses ATP (energy) and passive does not need energy
c)
Active stores transport proteins and passive releases 
d)
Active uses hormones and passive does not 
2.

A process that does NOT use cellular energy is know as

a)

active transport

b)

passive transport

c)

metabolic transport

d)

living transport

3.

Cellular transport is regulated by cell membranes. This happens because cell membranes are __________________________.

a)

impermeable

b)

fully permeable

c)

rigid

d)

selectively permeable

4.
What is diffusion?
a)

Movement of large and polar molecules down the  concentration  gradient until equilibrium is achieve 

b)

Movement of small, uncharged (non-polar) molecules down the  concentration gradient until equilibrium is achieve

c)

Movement of small, uncharged (non-polar) solute molecules against the  concentration  gradient until equilibrium is achieve

d)

Movement of small, uncharged (non-polar) solute molecules against the concentration  gradient using ATP

5.

Osmosis is the movement of _____ from higher water potential region to lower water potential region through semi permeable membrane

a)

food

b)

energy

c)

oxygen

d)

water

6.
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.

7.
The cell below is in a _________ solution.
a)
Hypotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Isotonic
8.
Osmosis is a form of ______________. 
a)
Passive Transport
b)
Active Transport
9.

What happens to a plant cell when placed in a HYPOTONIC solution?

a)

the cell lysis

b)

the cell become turgid

c)

the cell is plasmolysed

10.

In diffusion, materials always move from areas of _____________ concentration, to areas of _____________ concentration.

a)

low, high

b)

high, low

c)

low, low

d)

high, high

11.

What process is shown in the diagram below?

a)

active transport

b)

diffusion

c)

osmosis

d)

facilitated diffusion

12.
Which is NOT a form of active transport?
a)
Endocytosis
b)
Osmosis
c)
Exocytosis
d)
Pinocytosis
13.

When cells take in food molecules through active transport, what is it called?

a)

diffusion

b)

phagocytosis

c)

exocytosis

d)

osmosis

14.
Which form of active transport is being shown?
a)
Pinocytosis
b)
Endocytosis
c)
Exocytosis
d)
Osmosis
15.
When cells form a vesicle to release materials, which form of transport is occurring? 
a)
Endocytosis
b)
Exocytosis
c)
Facilitated Diffusion
d)
Osmosis
16.
Human immune cells can engulf bacteria to destroy them. This is an example of 
a)
pinocytosis
b)
phagocytosis
c)
exocytosis
d)
acidosis
17.

Energy from ATP changes the carrier protein's _______ to move molecules in and out of the cell.

a)

charge

b)

temperature

c)

shape

d)

position

18.

Which is true of the sodium-potassium pump?

a)

It moves potassium into the cell and sodium out of the cell.

b)

It moves sodium into the cell and potassium out of the cell.

c)

It moves both sodium and potassium into the cell.

d)

It moves both sodium and potassium out of the cell.

19.

How many sodium ions are moved by the sodium potassium pump?

How many potassium ions are moved by the sodium potassium pump?

a)

four sodium ions,

two potassium ions

b)

two sodium ions,

four potassium ions

c)

three sodium ions,

two potassium ions

d)

one sodium ion,

four potassium ions

20.
Even though the concentration of salt is high in some gland cells and low in the blood, these cells can move salt out of blood and into the cells.  This is an example of
a)
passive transport
b)
active transport
c)
diffusion
d)
osmosis