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Answer the following multiple choice questions:

1: Movement across the membrane of a cell that does NOT require energy is called
A: active transport
B: passive transport
C: facilitated diffusion
2: When diffusion occurs between one soluble in a solution
A: diffusion is complete when the solute is 50% distributed throughout the solution
material
B: diffusion is complete as soon as the solute enters the solution material
C: diffusion continues until all the particles of the solute are evenly distributed
throughout the solution
3: A point of equilibrium is reached with a soluble material and a cell membrane when
A: all of the particles are found only on one side of the membrane
B: the diffusion of particles is equal on both sides of the membrane
C: when all the particles have passed entirely through the membrane
4: The difference in the concentration of substances across an area of space is called
A: point of equilibrium
B: osmosis
C: concentration gradient
5: The movement of a substance from an area of high concentration to an area of lower
concentration is called
A: osmosis
B: diffusion
C: equilibrium
6: The diffusion of water across a cell membrane is called
A: osmosis
B: diffusion
C: active transport
7: Selectively permeable membrane means
A: only certain substances can pass through the membrane
B: all substances can pass through the membrane
C: the membrane forms a seal keeping all materials contained at all times
8: Osmosis is a form of
A: active transport
B: passive transport
C: facilitated diffusion
9: This type of solution makes a cell shrink and grow smaller
A: hypertonic solution
B: hypotonic solution

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C: isotonic solution
10: This type of solution makes a cell swell and grow larger
A: hypertonic solution
B: hypotonic solution
C: isotonic solution
11: In this type of solution, a cell neither grows nor shrinks but stays the same size
A: hypertonic solution
B: hypotonic solution
C: isotonic solution
12: A substance can cross the cell membrane when it is aided by one of these
A: transport protein
B: isotonic solution
C: lipid bilayer
13: Ions and polarized molecules can move across the cell membrane with the aid of
transport proteins called
A: hypertonic solutions
B: channels
C: lipids
14: A polarized channel allows only what type of substance to pass through it
A: a substance small enough to pass through the pore
B: a substance which has the correct polarity, positive or negative charge
C: a substance that will mix with a lipid
15: The selectively permeable nature of the cell membrane allows a cell to do what
A: allow it to control what enters or leaves the cell at any given point in time
B: allows materials to enter or leave very slowly so that the cell does not change
shape too fast
C: allows the cell to reproduce by division
16: What is an ion channel?
A: a pore in the cells surface which converts substances entering the cell into ions
B: a channel between the cells nucleus and the cytoplasm through which messages
are sent to the cell
C: a transport protein with a polar passageway through which ions of the correct
polarity can pass
17: The interior of a cell typically has what type of charge?
A: positive charge
B: negative charge
C: no charge (neutral)

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18: If a cells interior is negatively charged, what type of polar particles will want to enter
the cell?
A: positive charge ions
B: negative charge ions
C: ions with both positive and negative charges
19: When transport proteins are used to move substances through the membrane from an
area of high concentration to low concentration, this is
A: facilitated diffusion
B: osmosis
C: active transport
20: The difference in the amount of diffusion of a substance between an area of high
concentration and an area of low concentration is called
A: diffusion gradient
B: color gradient
C: concentration gradient
21: When a substance moves from an area where it is in low concentration into an area
where it is in a higher concentration, we call this moving
A: moving with the concentration gradient
B: moving across a concentration gradient
C: passive transport
22: When you move across the concentration gradient, from low concentration to higher
concentration, this
A: requires no energy
B: requires energy
C: requires energy only sometimes
23: When movement across the cell membrane requires energy, this is a form of
A: active transport
B: passive transport
C: facilitated diffusion
24: The energy to accomplish active transport comes from where?
A: energy from ions
B: energy stored in ATP within the cell
C: energy produced by the cells flagella or cilia moving
25: In active transport, these types of proteins bind to substances on one side of a barrier
and carry them across the membrane, than drop the substances on the other side
A: transport proteins
B: messenger proteins
C: carrier proteins

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26: A sodium-potassium membrane pump

A: pumps three sodium ions out of the cell
B: pumps two potassium ions into the cell
C: both A and B occur
27: Sometimes substances that are too large for channels can be absorbed through the cell
membrane. What moves these substances into the cell?
A: carrier proteins
B: vesicles
C: transport proteins
28: The movement of a substance into a cell through the membrane by a vesicle is called
A: endocytosis
B: exocytosis
C: active transportation
29: The movement of a substance from inside the cell to outside by a vesicle is called
A: endocytosis
B: exocytosis
C: active transportation
30: These type of molecules are released by cells and carry information to other cells in the
body
A: receptor molecules
B: signal molecules
C: second messengers
31: A specialized protein on the outside of the cell membrane that can bind to a signal
molecule and receive a message is called a
A: signal protein
B: receptor protein
C: second messenger

32: What happens to a cell when a receptor protein binds to a signal molecule?
A: the cell immediately starts division
B: it triggers some type of change in the cell
C: it tells the cell to open an ion channel and let a certain substance in
33: A specialized protein that carries a message from the receptor on the membrane to the
cell nucleus is called
A: signal protein
B: receptor protein
C: second messenger