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Bio 4B:  Study Guide to Investigating and Identifying Cellular Processes

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

During diffusion, molecules diffuse from a region where their concentration is low to a region where their concentration is higher, until the particles are evenly dispersed.
 

 2. 

When the concentration of dissolved particles outside a cell is equal to the concentration of dissolved particles inside the cell, the cell solution is isotonic.
 

 3. 

Membranes are selectively permeable if they allow only certain substances to move across them.
 

 4. 

A cell placed in a strong salt solution would probably burst because of osmosis.
 

 5. 

Water will diffuse out of a cell when the cell is placed in a hypertonic solution.
 

 6. 

Osmosis is the diffusion of starch molecules through a selectively permeable membrane.
 

 7. 

The binding of specific molecules to ion channels controls the ability of particular ions to cross the cell membrane.
 

 8. 

To pass through a cell membrane, water requires carrier proteins.
 

 9. 

In facilitated diffusion, carrier proteins require energy to transport substances across the cell membrane.
 

 10. 

The transport of specific particles down their concentration gradient through a membrane by carrier proteins is known as facilitated diffusion.
 

 11. 

Diffusion is an active process that requires a cell to expend a great deal of energy.
 

 12. 

Diffusion through ion channels is a form of active transport.
 

 13. 

Facilitated diffusion moves molecules and ions against their concentration gradient, while active transport moves molecules and ions down their concentration gradient.
 

 14. 

Passive transport uses ATP to move molecules against their concentration gradient.
 

 15. 

In active transport, energy is required to move a substance across a cell membrane.
 

 16. 

The sodium-potassium pump requires energy to move ions across the cell membrane.
 

 17. 

The sodium-potassium pump moves sodium ions and potassium ions against their concentration gradient.
 

 18. 

The sodium-potassium pump transports sodium ions out of a cell while causing potassium ions to move into the cell.
 

 19. 

The sodium-potassium pump uses ATP.
 

 20. 

Exocytosis is a process that uses vesicles to capture substances and bring them into a cell.
 

 21. 

Exocytosis helps the cell rid itself of wastes.
 

 22. 

During the process of exocytosis, the cell membrane extends to engulf substances that are too big to pass through the cell membrane.
 

 23. 

Exocytosis does not use energy to expel proteins from the cell.
 

 24. 

Receptor proteins pump sodium ions into a cell.
 

 25. 

Receptor proteins may cause the formation of a second messenger molecule inside a cell.
 

 26. 

A receptor protein sends signals into a cell by transporting a specific molecule through the cell membrane.
 

Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
 

 27. 

The random motion of particles of a substance that causes the substance to move from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration is called ____________________.
 

 

 28. 

The diffusion of ____________________ through cell membranes is called osmosis.
 

 

 29. 

Substances always flow from an area of high concentration to an area of ____________________ concentration.
 

 

 30. 

When the concentration of free water molecules is higher outside a cell than inside the cell, water will diffuse ____________________ the cell.
 

 

 31. 

If a cell is placed in a(n) ____________________ solution, water will flow out of the cell.
 

 

 32. 

If a cell is placed in a(n) ____________________ solution, water will flow into the cell.
 

 

 33. 

If a cell is placed in a(n) ____________________ solution, water flows into the cell at a rate that is equal to the rate at which water flows out of the cell.
 

 

 34. 

Diffusion of ions through ion channels is a form of ____________________ transport.
 

 

 35. 

If the interior of a typical cell is negatively charged, ____________________ charged ions will not require energy to diffuse into the cell using an ion channel.
 

 

 36. 

In facilitated diffusion, ____________________ proteins are used to transport substances down their concentration gradient.
 

 

 37. 

In ____________________ ____________________, carrier proteins do not require energy to transport amino acids into a cell.
 

 

 38. 

Carrier proteins ____________________ shape to transport sugars to the interior of cells.
 

 

 39. 

A cell does not expend ____________________ when diffusion takes place.
 

 

 40. 

Active transport requires the use of ____________________ by a cell.
 

 

 41. 

The ____________________-____________________ pump transports ions against their concentration gradients.
 

 

 42. 

The sodium-potassium pump uses energy supplied by ____________________.
 

 

 43. 

The sodium-potassium pump prevents the accumulation of ____________________ ions inside the cell.
 

 

 44. 

The movement of a substance into a cell by a vesicle is called ____________________.
 

 
 
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 45. 

Refer to the illustration above. The process shown in figure B is called ____________________.
 

 

 46. 

Refer to the illustration above. Cells often engulf extracellular particles and fluid, as shown in figure A. This is called ____________________.
 

 

 47. 

Receptor proteins can change the ____________________ of the cell membrane.
 

 

 48. 

Receptor proteins may act as ____________________, catalyzing certain chemical reactions inside the cell.
 

 

 49. 

In the cell membrane, proteins that transmit information into the cell by responding to signal molecules are called ____________________.
 

 



 
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