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Passive Transport

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Diffusion & Facilitated Diffusion are both __________ transport.

a)

Passive

b)

Active

c)

Easy

d)

Free

2.

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

3.

Passive Transport uses ____ energy

a)

no

b)

a lot of

c)

a little bit of

d)

some

4.

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

a)

diffusion

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

active transport

d)

fusion

5.

Passive Transport is the movement of particles _________ the concentration gradient.

a)

with

b)

against

c)

opposing

d)

throughout

6.

An example of diffusion is

a)

CO2 and O2 exchange in the lungs

b)

Glucose transport

c)

Na+ / K+ Pumps

d)

Exocytosis

7.

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

a)

diffusion

b)

facilitated diffusion

c)

active transport

d)

enzymatic reactions

8.

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

9.

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

a)

concentration gradient

b)

concentration

c)

[high] --> [low]

10.

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]

11.

Match the following types of passive transport with the correct diagram.

a)
1.

Simple diffusion

b)
2.

Facilitated Diffusion

c)
3.

Osmosis

12.

Match the following based on which way the particles will move during passive transport.

a)

1.

Particles will move to the right

b)

2.

Particles will move to the left

c)

3.

Particles have reached equilibrium

13.
What is the diffusion of water only across a cell or semi-permeable membrane?
a)
Osmosis
b)
Diffusion
c)
Active Transport
d)
Passive Transport
14.

If the miligrams are referring to the amount of sugar, what direction will water flow?

a)

Into the cell

b)

Out of the cell

c)

Into and out equally (equilibrium)

15.

If the percentage represents sugar, what direction will water flow?

a)

Into the cell

b)

Out of the cell

c)

Into and out equally (equilibrium)

16.
a)

hypotonic

b)

hypertonic

c)

isotonic

17.
a)

hypotonic

b)

hypertonic

c)

isotonic

18.
a)

hypotonic

b)

hypertonic

c)

isotonic