10/24/21, 10:08 PM PhysioEx Exercise 1 Activity 2

PhysioEx Lab Report

Exercise 1: Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability

Activity 2: Simulated Facilitated Diffusion

Name: ПАВЕЛ МИЛЕНКОВСКИ 153788

Date: 24 October 2021

Session ID: session-0872a806-59ae-c085-bcd8-9a404c582571

Pre-lab Quiz Results

You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.

1 Molecules need a carrier protein to help them move across a membrane because

You correctly answered: they are lipid insoluble or they are too large.

2 Which of the following is true of facilitated diffusion?

You correctly answered: Movement is passive and down a concentration gradient.

3 Examples of solutes that might require facilitated diffusion include

You correctly answered: all of the above.

4 Which of the following would not affect the rate of facilitated diffusion?

You correctly answered: the amount of intracellular ATP.

Experiment Results
Predict Questions
1 Predict Question 1: What effect do you think increasing the number of protein carriers will
have on the glucose transport rate?

Your answer: The glucose transport rate will increase.

2 Predict Question 2: What effect do you think adding Na+Cl- will have on the glucose transport
rate?

Your answer: The glucose transport rate will increase.

Stop & Think Questions

1 What happened to the glucose transport rate when the glucose concentration was increased
from 2 mM to 8 mM?

You correctly answered: The glucose transport rate increased.

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2 Describe the conditions that resulted in the fastest rate of glucose transport.

You correctly answered: 700 glucose carrier proteins and 8 mM glucose.

3 Why do you think equilibrium wasn't reached?

You correctly answered: The membrane proteins were saturated.

Experiment Data
Run Number Solute Start Conc. L Start Conc. R Carriers Rate
(mM) (mM) (mM/sec)
1 Na+ Cl- 0.00 0.00 500 0.0000
1 Glucose 2.00 0.00 500 0.0008
2 Na+ Cl- 0.00 0.00 500 0.0000
2 Glucose 8.00 0.00 500 0.0023
4 Na+ Cl- 0.00 0.00 700 0.0000
4 Glucose 8.00 0.00 700 0.0031
6 Na+ Cl- 0.00 0.00 100 0.0000
6 Glucose 10.00 0.00 100 0.0017
7 Na+ Cl- 0.00 2.00 700 0.0042
7 Glucose 2.00 0.00 700 0.0010

Post-lab Quiz Results

You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.

1 What variable(s) increased the rate of facilitated diffusion of glucose?

You correctly answered: increasing the concentration of glucose and increasing the number
of membrane carriers.

2 For facilitated diffusion, increasing the concentration of glucose on one side of the
membrane is the same as

You correctly answered: making the concentration gradient steeper.

3 When all of the membrane carriers are engaged, or busy, we say they are

You correctly answered: saturated.

4 Na+Cl- had no effect on glucose transport because

You correctly answered: sodium is not required for glucose transport in the simulation.

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Review Sheet Results

1 Explain one way in which facilitated diffusion is the same as simple diffusion and one way in
which it is different from simple diffusion.

Your answer:

Тие се исти поради тоа што пренесуваат преку мембраната течности, а различни
поради тоа што за олеснета дифузија е потребно носачи за поместување на
растворената супстанција.

2 The larger value obtained when more glucose carriers were present corresponds to an
increase in the rate of glucose transport. Explain why the rate increased. How well did the
results compare with your prediction?

Your answer:

Бидејќи со покачувањето на бројот на протеински носачи, се појавија повеке достапни

да речам превозни средства за транспортот на гликоза.

3 Explain your prediction for the effect Na+Cl- might have on glucose transport. In other
words, explain why you picked the choice that you did. How well did the results compare
with your prediction?

You did not answer this question.

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