GEN BIO

An animal cell that is surrounded by fresh water will burst because the osmotic pressure causes water to
move into the cell.
Which of the following statements shows the difference between active and passive transport? Active
transport uses ATP as energy and passive transport does not require energy.
Due to higher concentration of oxygen in the air than your blood, oxygen goes from the lungs into the red
blood cells by simple Diffusion
Which of the following statements describes selective permeability? The ability of the cell membrane to
allow some things to pass through while preventing other things from passing through.
What do you call the movement of water across a membrane? Osmosis
Which of the following processes moves molecules using cellular energy? Active transport
When an animal cell put in a hypotonic environment, what would happen? An animal cell will swell
Which of the following statements is a function of a cell membrane? The cell membrane regulates the
movement of materials into and out of the cell
Process by which cells absorb metabolites, hormones, proteins. receptor-mediated endocytosis
In which solution will water move into and out of the cell at the same rate? Isotonic
The cell membrane consists primarily of a thin layer of phospholipids “water-loving” and “water-fearing”
region. Which term means “water-loving”? Hydrophilic
When cells take in food particles through active transport, what is it called? Phagocytosis
When cells form a vesicle to take in materials, which form of transport is occurring? Endocytosis
What happens to the membrane of a vesicle after exocytosis? It fuses with and becomes part of the
plasma membrane.

FACTS
hypotonic solution contains less solutes (dissolved particles such as salt) than
is found in normal cells and blood.
Cholesterol helps to keep cell membranes from becoming stiff by preventing phospholipids from being
too closely packed together.
Molecules in simple diffusion pass through the phospholipid bilayer.