Cell Transport Quiz VOCABULARY

What is passive transport?

• Movement of molecules within the same concentration

• Movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to low concentration

• Movement of molecules from an area of low concentration to high concentration

• Movement of molecules using ATP

What is the process by which water diffuses across a cell membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?

• Facilitated Diffusion

• Active Transport

• Diffusion

• Osmosis

What is the difference in the concentration of molecules across a distance called?

• Equilibrium

• Concentration Gradient

• Passive Transport

• Active Transport

Which organelles remove water, collect the excess water, and then contract pumping water out of the cell?

• Contractile Vacuoles

• Mitochondria

• Ribosomes

• Golgi Apparatus

What is the pressure that water molecules exert against the cell wall called?

• Cytolysis

• Plasmolysis

• Osmotic Pressure

• Turgor Pressure

What is the type of passive transport that is assisted by carrier proteins?

• Diffusion

• Ion Channels

• Active Transport

• Facilitated Diffusion

What is the term for a cell in a hypertonic environment losing water and causing it to shrink?

• Osmosis

• Turgor Pressure

• Cytolysis

• Plasmolysis

What is the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to low concentration called?

• Facilitated Diffusion

• Active Transport

• Osmosis

• Diffusion

What is the term for a cell in a hypertonic environment being at risk of bursting due to excess water entering?

• Osmosis

• Cytolysis

• Plasmolysis

• Turgor Pressure

What is the type of solution with equal concentration of solutes called?

• Hypotonic

• Hypertonic

• Isotonic

• Hypertonic