Passive membrane transport processes include ________. A. movement of water from an area of high solute concentration to an area of low concentration B. the use of transport proteins when moving substances from areas of low to high concentration C. consumption of ATP D. movement of a substance down its concentration gradient

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1. predict the direction of water movement based on differences in solute concentrations. Use the terms osmotic pressure, hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic
2. Why do membranes have to be selectively permeable?

3. What determines whether a particular substance can diffuse (simple or facilitated) through a membrane?

4. What mechanisms drive molecules across membranes? Use the terms concentration gradient, (facilitated) diffusion and active transport.
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Which can cross the phospholipid bilayer of a membrane without assistance from transport proteins?

	A.	Ions such as Na+.
	B.	Small hydrophobic molecules such as O2.
	C.	Small hydrophilic molecules such as glucose.
	D.	Any small molecule or ion.

QUESTION 2

Which transport process requires a cell to expend energy?

	A.	Moving a solute up its concentration gradient.
	B.	No transport processes require energy.
	C.	Moving a solute either up or down its concentration gradient.
	D.	Moving a solute down its concentration gradient.

QUESTION 3

Imagine a cell whose membrane is permeable to water, but impermeable to solute X. If solute X is more concentrated outside the cell than inside, which way will water move by osmosis?

	A.	Water will not move in either direction, in or out of the cell.
	B.	Water will move equally in both directions, in and out of the cell.
	C.	Water will leave the cell.
	D.	Water will enter the cell.

QUESTION 4

The cellular structure that encloses the DNA/genes is the

		ribosome.
		plasma membrane.
		nucleus.
		mitochondrion.

QUESTION 5

The part of metabolism that builds larger, more complex molecules or structures from smaller, simpler components is

	A.	anabolism.
	B.	catabolism.
	C.	catalysis.
	D.	hydrolysis.

QUESTION 6

In an exergonic reaction

	A.	the reactants have more energy than the products, so energy is absorbed.
	B.	the reactants have more energy than the products, so energy is released.
	C.	the reactants have less energy than the products, so energy is released.
	D.	the reactants have less energy than the products, so energy is absorbed.

A sodium potassium pump is used to pump sodium against its concentration gradient. This imbalance of sodium ions is then used to transport glucose across the membrane. This is:

a) active transport followed by passive transport

b) passive transport followed by active transport

c) primary active transport followed by secondary active transport

d) secondary active transport followed by primary active transport