Cellular Transport:Osmosis

A solution that has a higher concentration of solute than water concentration is

• hypertonic

• hypotonic

• isotonic

• concentration

A solution that has a lower concentration of solute than water concentration is

• hypertonic

• hypotonic

• isotonic

• concentration

A solution that has the same solute and water concentration is

• hypertonic

• hypotonic

• isotonic

• concentration

The measurement of the amount of solute in a solution is called

• hypertonic

• hypotonic

• isotonic

• concentration

Which of the following describes what will happen to animal cells placed in a hypertonic environment?

• nothing will happen

• they shrink due to water loss

• the cell membrane will fall apart

• they will swell and possibly

What structure do plant cells have that animal cells do not have that keeps them from bursting in a hypotonic solution?

• chloroplast

• mitochondria

• cell wall

• cell membrane

What is the name given to membranes that only allow certain materials to pass through them?

• osmosis

• diffusion

• impermeable

• selectively permeable

In passive transport, molecules move from an area of ______concentration to an area of ________concentration until equilibrium is reach.

• high:higher

• high:low

• low:high

• low: lower

In active transport, molecules move from an area of _____concentration to an area of ____concentration.

• high:low

• low:high

• low:lower

• high:higher

The process of water moving across a membrane from an area of high water concentration to low water concentration is called

• osmosis

• diffusion

• dialysis

• active transport