I. Provide the best answer in the blank.

1. The modern understanding of the cellular or plasma membrane is referred to as the ______________ or ______________.
2. It is composed of a bilayer of ______________.
3. ______________ are attached to some of the proteins and lipids on the outwardfacing surface of the membrane.
4. ______________is a function of Carbohydrates.
5. The fluid nature of the membrane is due to ______________.
6. Cell membranes ______________ and ______________ the borders of cells.
7. ______________ refers to the collection of mechanisms that regulate the passage of solutes.
8. ______________ integrated into the membrane structure that interacts extensively with the hydrocarbon chains of membrane lipids.

II. Write the letter of the best answer in the blank.

_____1. The primary function of the plasma membrane is ….

a. To protect the cell from its surroundings.
b. To provide shape and integrity to the cell.
c. To maintains the cell potential.
d. To be a fluid mosaic model.

_____2. What is the primary function of carbohydrates attached to the exterior of cell membranes?
a. Identification of the cell
b. Flexibility of the membrane
c. Strengthening the membrane
d. Channels through membrane

_____3. Cellular Signaling relation to the Plasma Membrane is….

a. To protect intracellular components from the extracellular environment.
b. To enclose and define the borders of the cell
c. To transmit signals via complex proteins
d. To transport materials into or out of the cell

_____4. Cellular Transport Mechanism‘s relation to the Plasma Membrane is…

a. To protect intracellular components from the extracellular environment.
b. To transport materials into or out of the cell
c. To enclose and define the borders of the cell
d. To transmit signals via complex proteins

_____5. Vital for cellular signalling processes that influence tissue and organ formation
a. Membrane markers
b. Membrane receptors
c. Glycoprotein
d. Glycolipid

_____6. Which is not a part of the transport mechanisms in cells?

a. Facilitated
b. Active
c. Osmosis
d. Exocytosis

_____7. What is the most direct form of transport mechanisms in cells?

a. Passive
b. Active
c. Osmosis
d. Excytosis

_____8. Hydrocarbons dissolve in the lipid bilayer, except for…

a. Pass the membrane
b. Hydrophobic
c. Non polar
d. Polar

_____9. Water molecules move from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration.
a. Facilitated
b. Active
c. Osmosis
d. Diffusion

_____10. Moves molecules from high to low regions of concentration with the transmembrane protein
a. Facilitated
b. Active
c. Osmosis
d. Diffusion