The Membrane Transport Quiz is designed to assess your understanding of how substances move across cell membranes. In biology, membrane transport is a crucial concept that explains the mechanisms by which cells exchange materials with their surroundings.
This cell membrane and transport quiz will cover key topics such as passive and active transport, including diffusion, osmosis, and the role of transport proteins. It also explores processes like endocytosis and exocytosis, which are important for how cells intake and expel molecules. By taking this quiz, you will test your knowledge of how cells maintain homeostasis, control the flow of ions and molecules, and ensure proper cellular function.
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Slightly higher concentration outside the cell compared to the inside of the cell.
Equal amounts of a cell in different parts of an organism.
Equal concentrations of a substance inside and outside of the cell.
Slightly lower concentration inside the cell compared to the outside of the cell
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When energy is needed to feed the cell
When no energy is needed to help substances move
When energy is needed to move a substance across the cell membrane
When small bits of energy are needed to make the cell move more quickly
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Vesicle moving
A sodium-Glucose cotransport
A sodium-potassium pump
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How fast a molecule crosses the membrane
How fast the cell will fill up
How fast the cell can move
How fast the flagellum will be able to grab onto an object
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Simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and pumps
Exocytosis, endocytosis, pumps
Exocytosis, endocytosis, osmosis
Simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion, and osmosis
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When something moves from a higher concentration to a lower concentration, randomly
When something moves from a lower concentration to a higher concentration
When something stays the same concentration
When something starts to eat away at the cell membrane
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Pumps
Cell membrane
Protein channels and carrier proteins
Vesicles
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Selective transport
Cell Membrane
Selective permeability
Active Transport
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Shrinking
Folding
Cell eating
Cell drinking
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Towards the interior
Towards the exterior
The directions are scattered.
No tails exist in the phospholipid bilayer.
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Microfibers
The liquid cytosol
Carbon dioxide and iron
Plasma membrane
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Keeping the amount of cytoplasm at a certain level
Keeping all the organelles of the cell healthy
Controlling what the organelles in the cell do
Controlling what moves across the cell membrane
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The surface of the cell membrane
The rough endoplasmic reticulum
The Golgi apparatus
The interior of the cell membrane
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Endocytosis
Exocytosis
Pumps
The pictures represent a mode of passive transport.
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Hypertonic
Hypotonic
Isotonic
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The cell engulfs solid particles.
The cell takes in large molecules through receptor proteins.
The cell engulfs extracellular fluid and dissolved substances.
The cell releases waste products outside the membrane.
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Inside/outside
Outside/inside
Inside/inside
Outside/outside
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Hypertonic solution
Hypotonic solution
Isotonic solution
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To provide the cell with ATP for energy.
To help the cell move.
Move other substances, such as glucose, across the cell membrane.
To assist in chemical reactions.
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No real purpose
To house little tiny elves
Keep organisms structured
To maintain homeostasis
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It prevents the cytoplasm from being clogged.
It prevents the inside of the cell from having too many sodium ions.
It prevents the cell from lacking oxygen.
It prevents the outside of the cell from having too many sodium ions attached.
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By allowing the passive diffusion of sodium ions into the cell
By exporting three sodium ions out of the cell and importing two potassium ions into the cell using ATP
By importing three sodium ions into the cell and exporting two potassium ions out of the cell using ATP
By creating an equal concentration of sodium and potassium ions inside and outside the cell
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Fatty Acids
Vesicles
Proteins
Glycerol
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Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
RNA
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Slowly/quickly
Quickly/slowly
Quickly/at the same speed
At the same speed/slowly
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Same free water molecule concentration as the cytosol
Lower free water molecule concentration than the cytosol
Higher free water molecule concentration than the cytosol
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A vesicle
A carrier protein
A channel protein
A vacuole
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Endocytosis
Exocytosis
Osmosis
Pumps
Vacuoles
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Phospholipids
Vacuoles
Proteins stored in the cell membrane
Vesicles
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It directly uses ATP to transport glucose across the membrane.
It creates an ion gradient that drives the movement of other substances.
It equalizes the concentrations of sodium and potassium ions inside and outside the cell.
It prevents water loss through the cell membrane.
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Phospholipids
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Waxes
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