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Plasma membrane

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of biological macromolecule is the main component of the plasma membrane?

a)

carbohydrate

b)

lipid

c)

protein

d)

nucleic acid

2.
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
3.

Define plasma membrane

a)

lipid that helps minimize effects of temperature

b)

only on the outer surface of the plasma membrane and are attached to proteins or lipids; form distinctive cellular markers

c)

flexible boundary of a cell that separates a cell from its surroundings

d)

may extend partway into the plasma membrane, cross the membrane entirely, or be loosely attached to its inside or outside face

4.
What forms the channels and pumps in the phospholipid bilayer?
a)
carbohydrates
b)
proteins
c)
hydrophilic heads 
d)
lipids
5.
___________ have 2 functions in the cell membrane.
1.) They act like gatekeepers, only let certain things in. 
2.) Enzyme receptors embedded in the membrane.
a)
Carbohydrates 
b)
Proteins 
c)
Phospholipids 
d)
Cholesterol
6.
Something is ___________ ____________
when some molecules can cross the membrane while others cannot. 
a)
Selectively (or Semi) Permeable 
b)
Totally Transparent
c)
Liquid Licorice 
d)
Heavily Patrolled 
7.
A phospholipid has 2 parts. What are they called? 
a)
Hydrophilic Head, Hydrophobic Tail 
b)
Hydrophobic Head, Hydrophilic Tail 
8.
"Water Loving"
a)
Hydrophobic
b)
Hydrophilic 
c)
Hydroelectric 
d)
Hydroloric
9.

In a lipid bilayer, ___________ fatty acid tails face each other within the bilayer and form a region that excludes water.

a)

A. Hypotonic

b)

B. Hypertonic

c)

C. Hydrophilic

d)

D. Hydrophobic

10.
Another term for equilibrium is...
a)
Equality
b)
Babycakes
c)
Homeostasis
d)
Balance
11.
What does hydrophobic mean?
a)
Likes water as a friend
b)
Dissolves in water
c)
Loves water
d)
Hates water
12.
What does hydrophilic mean?
a)
Fills water up
b)
Hates water
c)
Loves water
d)
Only associates with water if it has to
13.
What does the "fluid mosaic model" mean about the cell membrane?
a)
It can dissolve into fluid.
b)
The cell is mostly made of mosaic molecules.
c)
It looks like a flexible pattern made up of different parts.
d)
Somebody else should name these things.
14.
This picture show the molecules getting help across the membrane.  The vocabulary word that best describes this is
a)
diffusion
b)
osmosis
c)
facilitated diffusion
d)
active transport
15.
Osmosis is the diffusion of __________.
a)
water
b)
glucose
c)
air
d)
passive transport
16.
What type of solution is this cell in?
a)
Isotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Hypotonic
d)
diffused
17.
What type of solution is this cell in?
a)
Isotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Hypotonic
d)
diffused
18.
What type of solution is this cell in?
a)
Isotonic
b)
Hypertonic
c)
Hypotonic
d)
diffused
19.
This picture represents which type of cellular transport?
a)
passive transport
b)
endocytosis
c)
exocytosis
d)
osmosis
20.
This picture represents what type of cell transport?
a)
endocytosis
b)
exocytosis
c)
osmosis
d)
passive transport
21.
___________ allow cells to recognize each other and act like ID tags. 
a)
Carbohydrates 
b)
Proteins
c)
Phospholipids 
d)
Cholesterol
22.
What type of molecule has the most difficult time passing through the membrane? 
a)
small & hydrophobic
b)
small & hydrophilic
c)
large & hydrophobic
d)
large & hydrophilic
23.

Cholesterol controls membrane ________________________.

a)

fluidity

b)

rigidity

c)

both

24.

_______________________ proteins are wedged into the cell membrane.

a)

peripheral

b)

integral

25.

Peripheral proteins sit ___________________________ the cell membrane

a)

atop/outside of

b)

within

26.
Describes the arrangement of the cell membrane as bendable and made of many parts. 
a)
The Fluid Mosaic Model 
b)
The Major Mobility Model 
c)
The Crazy Cell Model
d)
The Maze Model
27.

A phospholipid has two parts. What are they called?

a)

Hydrophilic Head, Hydrophobic Tail

b)

Hydrophobic Head, Hydrophilic Tail

c)

Channel and carrier proteins

d)

Glycolipids and glycoproteins

28.
"Water Loving"
a)
Hydrophobic
b)
Hydrophilic 
c)
Hydroelectric 
d)
Hydroloric
29.
Describes the arrangement of the cell membrane as bendable and made of many parts. 
a)
The Fluid Mosaic Model 
b)
The Major Mobility Model 
c)
The Crazy Cell Model
d)
The Maze Model
30.

Cholesterol controls membrane ________________________.

a)

Fluidity

b)

Stability

c)

Both

31.

Which image correctly shows the way phospholipids arrange themselves in the cell membrane?

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

What forms the channels and pumps in the phospholipid bilayer?

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Proteins

c)

Hydrophilic heads

d)

Lipids

33.

Structure A in the diagram is

a)

Cholesterol

b)

Phospholipid

c)

Glycoprotein

d)

Channel protein

34.

Structure C in the diagram is

a)

Cholesterol

b)

Phospholipid

c)

Glycoprotein

d)

Channel protein

35.

Homeostasis the process by which an organism maintains a stable environment. Some examples of what is regulated in order to maintain homeostasis include... Check all that apply.

a)

Temperature

b)

Salt

c)

Water

d)

Glucose

36.

Which if the following is not a structural part of the cell membrane?

a)

phospholipids

b)

cholesterol

c)

proteins

d)

DNA

37.

Which term describes the relatively constant internal physical conditions of an organism?

a)

cell specialization

b)

homeostasis

c)

permeability

d)

unicellularity

38.

Which of the following is the function of the cell membrane? Select all that apply.

a)

Provides instructions to the cell and other organelles.

b)

Regulates compounds in and out fo the cell.

c)

Allows cells to communicate and interact with other cells.

d)

Breaks down wastes and other compounds.

e)

Protects the cell from its environment.

39.

If you get hot and dehydrated, what two things is your body having trouble regulating?

a)

Water and sugar

b)

Sugar and temperature

c)

Water and temperature

d)

Water and salt

40.

True or false - The hydrophilic head of the cell membrane repels water.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

True or false - Channel proteins are “transmembranes” meaning they go completely through the cell membrane.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

True or false - Homeostasis at the cellular level plays a role in keeping you healthy.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Homeostasis the process by which an organism maintains a stable environment. Some examples of what is regulated in order to maintain homeostasis include... Check all that apply.

a)

Temperature

b)

Salt

c)

Water

d)

Glucose

44.

Chemical composition of plasma Membrane is best described as..

a)

Plasma Membrane is bilayers of phospholipids with associated Protein and carbohydrates.

b)

Plasma membrane is composed of equal number of phospholipids,proteins and carbohydrates.

c)

Plasma membrane is bilayers of proteins with associated lipid and carbohydrates.

d)

Plasma membrane is composed of two layers, one layer of phospholipids and another layer of protein.

45.

Glycolipids in P.M. are usually located at.... (P.M.= plasma membrane)

a)

Inner leaflet of P.M.

b)

Outer leaflet of P.M.

c)

Evenly distributed in both inner and outer leaflet of P.M.

d)

None of the above

46.

Lipid bilayer model of P.M. was proposed by...

a)

Singer & Nicolson

b)

Davson Daniel & Robertson

c)

Grendel Gorter

d)

De Duve

47.

Fluid Mosaic Model of P.M. was proposed by...

a)

Danielle & Davson

b)

Singer & Nicolson

c)

De Duve

d)

Gorter & Grendel

48.

Fluid Mosaic Model of P.M. was proposed by...

a)

Danielle & Davson

b)

Singer & Nicolson

c)

De Duve

d)

Gorter & Grendel

49.

The membrane protein that extend through both sides of lipid bilayer are...

a)

Intrinsic Proteins

b)

Extrinsic proteins

c)

Peripheral proteins

d)

All of above

50.

Plasma Membrane is also known as.....

a)

Cell membrane

b)

Plasmalema

c)

Both of above

d)

None of above

51.

Plasma membrane have ...... heads

a)

Polar heads

b)

Hydrophilic

c)

Both of above

d)

Non-polar

52.

Plasma membrane have.... Tail.

a)

Hydrophobic

b)

Non-polar

c)

Both of above

d)

Polar and hydrophilic

53.

Polar groups in plasma membrane situated to the.....

a)

Outer region of both lipid layers

b)

Inner region of both lipid layers

c)

Both outer and inner region of lipid layers

d)

None of above

54.

Non-polar groups of plasma membrane organized in the....

a)

Middle region of two lipid layers

b)

Inner region of lipid layers

c)

Outer region of lipid layers

d)

None of above

55.

Hydrophilic heads of plasma membrane is situated at....

a)

Outer side

b)

Inner side

c)

Both sides

d)

Neither

56.

Non-polar hydrophobic structure of two lipid layers facing each other is known as.......

a)

Hydrophobic tails

b)

Hydrophobic heads

c)

Hydrophilic heads

d)

Hydrophilic tails

57.

Most accepted model of plasma membrane is....

a)

Fluid Mosaic Model

b)

Unit membrane model

c)

Sandwich model

d)

Lipid bilayer model

58.

Function of plasma membrane is....

a)

Protection of cell from surroundings.

b)

Regulates entry and exit of molecules into and out of the cell.

c)

Receive chemical messenger from other cell

d)

All of the above

59.

The ability to allow only certain molecules into or out of the cell is called __________.

a)

Unpermeable

b)

Selectively permeable or semipermeable

c)

Impermeable

d)

Permeable

60.

A phospholipid has two parts. What are they called?

a)

Hydrophilic head, Hydrophobic tail

b)

Hydrophobic head, Hydrophilic tail

61.

The image represents the fluid mosaic model. Which of the following best describes the fluid mosaic model?

a)

The cell membrane is constantly moving, bendable and has various proteins embedded in it.

b)

The cell membrane components are stuck in place. It is critical to get the placement right.

c)

The cell membrane is not flexible at all and cannot expand.

d)

The cell membrane allows fluids with sodium to pass through easily.

62.

_____________ is the free movement of particles or molecules across the membrane to spread out evenly into the available space.

a)

diffusion

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

active transport

d)

fusion

63.

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

a)

passive transport

b)

active transport

64.

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

a)

Protein Synthesis

b)

Endocytosis

c)

Exocytosis

d)

Cytoplasmic Streaming

65.

A ______________ is composed of a phosphate and glycerol head and 2 fatty acid chain tails. 

a)

cholesterol

b)

glycoprotein

c)

phospholipid

d)

glucose

66.

What does amphipathic means?

a)

contains water-loving and water-fearing parts

b)

contains various proteins embedded to it

c)

contains semipermeable membrane

d)

contains sodium and potassium molecules

67.

What term is used to describe the ability of a surrounding solution to cause a cell to gain or lose water?

a)

Hypertonic

b)

Hypotonic

c)

Equilibrium

d)

Tonicity

68.

How are osmosis and diffusion similar processes?

a)

both move low to high concentrations

b)

both move solute molecules

c)

both move high to low concentrations

d)

both move water molecules

69.

What happens to an animal cell when it is placed in HYPERTONIC solution?

a)

cell swells and bursts

b)

shrinks from water loss

c)

nothing happens

d)

solute moves in and out

70.

A cell containing 80% water and 20% solute, and a solution containing 60% water and 40% solute. What type of solution is this?

a)

hypertonic

b)

isotonic

c)

equilibrium

d)

hypotonic

71.

Plant cells will become turgid when placed in this type of solution.

a)

hypertonic

b)

isotonic

c)

equilibrium

d)

hypotonic

72.

What is the difference between active and passive transport?

a)

cells only do active when they move

b)

only cells with mitochondria carry out active transport

c)

active transport require ATP, passive transport does not

d)

eukaryotes do active transport, prokaryotes do passive transport

73.
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
74.
What do the brown structures represent?
a)
Phospholipids
b)
Glycoproteins
c)
Channel Proteins 
d)
Cyctoskeleton Filaments
75.
What is another term for "selectively permeable"?
a)
porous
b)
completely permeable
c)
permanent
d)
semipermeable
76.
Maintaining a constant internal state in a changing environment.
a)
Homeostasis
b)
Active Transport
c)
Mitosis
d)
Photosynthesis
77.
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
78.
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
79.

The energy molecule that powers some modes of transport

a)

ADP

b)

ATP

c)

AGP

d)

ABP

80.
What forms the channels and pumps in the phospholipid bilayer?
a)
carbohydrates
b)
proteins
c)
hydrophilic heads 
d)
lipids
81.
Hydrophobic region of the cell membrane?
a)
E
b)
B
c)
C
d)
A 
82.
Hydrophilic portion of cell membrane?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E 
83.
A ______________ is composed of a phosphate and glycerol head and 2 fatty acid chain tails. 
a)
phospholipid 
b)
Carbohydrate
c)
Cholesterol 
d)
Protein 
84.
___________ allow cells to recognize each other and act like ID tags. 
a)
Carbohydrates 
b)
Proteins
c)
Phospholipids 
d)
Cholesterol
85.
___________ strengthens and stabilizes the cell membrane.
a)
Carbohydrates 
b)
Proteins 
c)
Phospholipids 
d)
Cholesterol
86.

The _______________ of the phospholipids in a cell membrane face inward towards each other.

a)

heads

b)

tails

c)

stems

d)

sticks

87.
Why are unsaturated fatty acids able to best keep the membrane more "fluid"?
a)
Unsaturated fatty acids are more polar than saturated fatty acids. 
b)
The kinks in the tails of the unsaturated fatty acids prevent a dense network of lipids. 
c)
Unsaturated fatty acids are solid at room temperature. 
d)
The kinks in the tails of the unsaturated fatty acids make the region more dense. 
88.

The yellow and brown portion of this image is:

a)

protein

b)

phopholipid

c)

carbohydrate

d)

cholesterol

89.

The purple regions of the image represent:

a)

phospholipid

b)

cholesterol

c)

proteins

d)

carbohydrates

90.

Transport of molecules across the cell membrane that requires energy.

a)

active transport

b)

passive transport

91.

Some molecules need the help of membrane proteins to move molecules from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration.

a)

active transport

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

diffusion

d)

osmosis

92.

What do the brown structures represent

a)

cytoskeleton filaments

b)

phospholipids

c)

channel proteins

d)

cholesterol plaques

93.

Energy for active transport comes from the cells

a)

Golgi complex

b)

mitochondria

c)

nucleus

d)

lysosome

94.

The sodium-potassium pump requires energy to move ions across the cell membrane against their concentration gradient so it is a type of.....

a)

active transport

b)

osmosis

c)

diffusion

d)

facilitated diffusion

95.

Small polar molecules like O2 and CO2enter a cell through

a)

simple diffusion

b)

osmosis

c)

facilitated diffusion

d)

phagocytosis

96.

Name small compartment enclosed by a membrane formed to transport of material during bulk transport.

a)

vesicles

b)

large vacuole

c)

mitochondria

d)

lysosome

97.

Based on the diagram, what type of process occur?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Active Transport

c)

Simple Diffusion

d)

Osmosis

98.

Small, nonpolar, hydrophobic molecules such as fatty acids

a)

easily pass through the membrane's bilayer

b)

very slowly diffuse through the bilayer

c)

require transport proteins

d)

enter through endocytosis

99.

The diagram shows three animal cells. Pairs of red circles represent oxygen molecules. Between which two cells is there the highest oxygen concentration gradient?

a)

One and two

b)

Two and three

c)

One and three

100.

What may happen to red blood cells placed in pure water?

a)

They would burst

b)

They would become turgid

c)

They would shrink

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