Name: _______________________________ Date: ______________ Hour: ________

Cell Membranes and Transport

1) What is the boundary of all cells? (0.5 points)

2) Label the picture below: (1.5 points)

A)
C)
D)

3) Imagine dropping many molecule As into a container of water. Explain how they would arrange
themselves if they had to be completely submerged within the water but also contain water. HINT: You
drew a picture of this in class. (1.5 points)

4) List two functions of the cell membrane (1 point):

1.
2.

5) Explain what happens to a cell if a doctor gave a patient an IV of pure water. HINT: Draw a picture
of the cell and the IV solution. Label areas of high concentration of water, low concentration of water,
determine the direction of the water movement. (1.5 points).

6) Gargling with salt water when you have a sore throat causes your swollen throat cells to shrink and
feel better. HINT: Draw a picture of the cell and the salt water solution. Label areas of high
concentration of water, low concentration of water, determine the direction of the water movement. (1.5
points)

7) Identify each example as diffusion (DI), osmosis (O), and active transport (AT) (1.5 points).
_____ Movement of oxygen from blood into cells.
_____ In nerve cells, ions (atoms or molecules with an electric charge) are pumped into the cell from a lower
concentration to higher concentration.
______ Plant cells absorbing nutrients from a nutrient poor soil.
_____ Placing your egg in maple syrup. Your egg decreased in mass.
_____ Smelling food across a room.
_____ After sitting in the bathtub for hours, your fingers start to look like prunes.

8) I am doing an experiment on osmosis. I take a semi-permeable membrane bag and fill it with a 50%
sugar solution. Sugar molecules are very big, and cannot pass through the membrane. If I want to make
the bag gain the most weight, which beaker should I place it into? (0.5 points)
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

beaker of 70% sugar solution

beaker of 10% sugar solution
beaker of 90% sugar solution
beaker of 50% sugar solution
None of these conditions would cause the cell to gain weight

9) Active transport is a way for molecules to ___________. (0.5 points)

a) Move from low concentration to high concentration without the use of ATP
b) Move from low concentration to high concentration with the use of ATP
c) Move from high concentration to low concentration without the use of ATP
d) Move from high concentration to low concentration with the use of ATP

10) Walleye are a species of fish often found in Lake Michigan. If you
place a walleye into the ocean, which of the following will NOT be
correct? (0.5 points)
a) The cells of the walleye have less solute compared to the ocean.
b) The water will leave the cells of the fish and go into the ocean because
the ocean has a higher concentration of solute.
c) The cells of the walleye have more solute so water will enter causing the fish cells to swell.
d) The walleye cells have less solute so water will travel by osmosis out of the fish.