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Cell Membrane Functions

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is diffusion?

a)

when molecules stay in one place

b)


when molecules move from a high concentration to a low concentration

c)

no movement 

d)

molecules move everywhere

2.

If the molecules in the picture are glucose molecules what type of transport is being shown in the picture?

a)

osmosis

b)

isotonic

c)

diffusion

d)

active transport

3.

Osmosis is the movement of _____ across a membrane.

a)

food

b)

energy

c)

oxygen

d)

water

4.

What does "bilayer" mean in the term lipid bilayer?

a)

one layer

b)

two layers

c)

laminated

d)

bilateral

5.

Most of the cell membrane is made of...

a)

lipids

b)

carbohydrates

c)

proteins

d)

nucleic acids

6.

Which is true about active transport?

a)

It requires energy

b)

it does not require energy

c)

It moves substances down the concentration gradient

d)

it moves material from high to low concentration

7.

What is the function of a cell’s selectively permeable membrane?

a)

It helps the cell to manufacture proteins.

b)

It regulates the amount of ATP the cell produces.

c)


It regulates what materials enter and leave the cell.

d)

It packages and stores most of the material in a cell.

8.

Solutes move with the concentration gradient, therefore no energy is used. 

a)

passive transport

b)

active transport

9.

Active transport requires ______, moves materials from __________________, and goes _______ the concentration gradient.

a)

No energy, low to high, against

b)

ATP, high to low, with

c)

ATP, low to high, with

d)


ATP, low to high, against

10.

What organelle of the cell produces the energy needed for active transport?

a)

Mitochondria 

b)

Golgi Body 

c)

Vesicle 

d)

Vacuole

11.

The right hand side of the pictures shows the molecules at

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12.

What type of solution was this plant cell placed in? Describe how you know this using evidence from the picture.

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