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General Biology 1
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Transport Mechanisms

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General Biology 1
Quarter 3 – Module 5:
Transport Mechanisms

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Introductory Message
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need to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better understanding of
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your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity and test. We trust that you
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What I Need to Know

This module is designed for you to define and describe the process of homeostasis
and how it relates to the cell and its environment. You will relate the structure of the
cell membrane in maintaining homeostasis. You will also dwell and study the
different mechanisms that transport materials across the plasma membrane and
how these processes account for the passage of molecules or substances in and out
of the cell. In this module, you will also have to reflect on the importance of cell
transport in the freshness of food and farm products.

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. describe the structural component of the cell membrane (STEM_BIO11/12 – Ig –

h – 11);
2. relate the structure and composition of the cell membrane to its function
(STEM_BIO11/12 – Ig – h – 12);
3. explain transport mechanisms in cells: Diffusion, osmosis, facilitated transport,
active transport (STEM_BIO11/12 – Ig – h – 13); and
4. differentiate exocytosis and endocytosis (STEM_BIO11/12 – Ig – h – 14).

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What I Know

Recall from Module 1 that cell membrane, sometimes called as plasma membrane,
is the part of a eukaryotic cell that separates the cell from its external environment.
It functions as a selectively permeable membrane that regulates the entrance and
exit of substances into the cell. Cell membranes and other biological membranes are
composed of phospholipids and proteins. These components enable the cell
membrane to provide shape and flexibility to the cell, to maintain its integrity and
fluidity, and to transmit signals for cell– cell recognition.

Like other biological membranes, cell membranes are commonly described as fluid
mosaic. The word <mosaic= entails that the cell membrane has a surface made of
small pieces. These pieces refer to the diverse protein molecules embedded in a
framework of phospholipids. Most of these molecules can drift about in any direction,
describing the cell membrane as <fluid=.

Since the main focus of this module is the cell membrane and its job in allowing
some materials to freely enter or leave the cell while others cannot, it is very
important for you to review first the structures and functions of the cell membrane.
To test your prior knowledge about the structures of the cell membrane, the activity
below is provided for you. All you have to do is to label the structures in this fluid
mosaic model of the cell membrane. Also, review the roles of each of these structures
by picking their functions inside the box located below the model which may be used
more than once.

1 4

2 5
3

for cell recognition

aids in the interaction of the cell with its watery environment
maintains the fluid character of the cell membrane
serves as the main fabric of the cell membrane
for cell adhesion

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Lesson
Transport Mechanisms
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Most living cells exist in a liquid environment. Liquids that surround the cells may
be the organisms’ habitat, like that of freshwater or seawater organisms. Liquids for
land dwellers like you may be in the form of blood. The blood bathes most of your
body cells in liquid. Generally, the cytoplasm of a cell is composed mostly of water.
It comes in the form of a dissolving medium for many substances, or as a solution
where various substances are suspended.

If the cell has to remain alive, it must maintain its interaction with the liquid
environment, a give-and-take that never ceases. For cells to function, some
substances, like food, water, and oxygen, must be allowed to enter the cell; while
other substances, like the waste products of metabolism, must be moved out. With
these, the cell will keep themselves in equilibrium with their external environment.
This state of equilibrium is called homeostasis, from the Greek words homoi, which
means <like= or <same=, and stasis, which means <standing=. Homeostasis must be
achieved in order for the cell to survive and build new parts.

Scientists and researchers have been very busy for many years just to study the most
sophisticated and important function of a cell: its ability to exchange materials with
the external environment. How do gases, nutrients, and other substances enter and
leave the cell? Let’s find out as you dig in more to this module.

What’s In

Let us first have a short recap of the two major processes involved in the movement
of materials into and out of the cell so you can understand that this passage of
materials is made possible at different rates and energy input.

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Below is a simple activity that can lead you to differentiate passive transport and
active transport. You need to identify which of the following pictures depicts passive
transport and which one portrays active transport. Also, you have to interpret each
picture, so you can identify the distinct feature of the two major transport
mechanisms.

Notes to the Teacher

This module aims to familiarize the students about the different
transport mechanisms. Point out the similarities and differences
among the cell transports.

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What’s New

The existence of the cell membrane was discovered in the 1890s. Knowledge of the
structure of the cell membrane stems from the century-long studies of scientists,
which began when lipids and proteins were recognized as components of the cell
membrane until all of its chemical components were determined in 1915. From their
studies, they described the cell membrane and its minute components through
models. These models have evolved over time, until the best model that provides a
good description not only for the principal components and functions of the cell
membrane but also the behavior of the cell membrane was made. Do you know what
model of cell membrane it is? To know the name of this model, you have to do the
activity given on the next page.

Identify the term that is being described in each statement and write your answer on
the numbered line given above the statements. As you finish answering the
questions, try to guess the missing concept to complete the sentence using your
answers which correspond to the syllables and words of the missing concept.
__________ __________ __________ __________ __________
1 2 3 4 5

1. any of several virus diseases marked especially by respiratory or intestinal

symptoms; clipped word of influenza
2. a plant that is not valued where it is growing and is usually or vigorous
growth; other term for marijuana
3. small, non – vascular flowerless plants that typically form dense green
clumps or mats; grow in damp or shady locations
4. a usually dull persistent pain; a condition marked by aching
5. a representation of an idea, an object, or even a process that is used to
describe and explain phenomena that cannot be experienced directly

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What is It

It has already said that among a cell’s most important activities are its interactions
with the environment. Without it, life could not persist. Living cells are enclosed in a
phospholipid membrane through which few water-soluble substances can pass
through; but at the same time, the membrane contains proteins which serve as
passageways that permit specific substances to enter and leave the cell and allow
the cell to transmit and recognize signals with its environment. We call the delicate
membrane of phospholipid and protein molecules that encase the cell a cell
membrane and in this module, we will start by considering the theories that have
been advanced about membrane structure.

What are the different models that account for the principal components and
functions of the cell membrane?

For many years, scientists and researchers have been very busy just to study not
only the structure and functions of the cell membrane but also the fluidity of cell
membrane. They proposed different models that best describe as to how the fluid
character of the cell membrane works with its minute components while performing
their functions. For you to know and understand the different models of cell
membrane, study the table given below. The table on the next page shows the names
of cell membrane models, their proponents, pictures of how these models look like, and
as to how they describe the cell membrane.

Cell Membrane Models

Model Year Proponents Illustration Description
Model of 1925 Evert Gorter The cell membrane
Bimolecular and Francois is composed of a
Phospholipid Grendel lipid bilayer with
Membrane the layer facing
inward, away from
the aqueous
environment that
surrounds the
membrane, and is
hydrophobic
(water – fearing);
the other layer
facing outward,
toward the outside
environment of the
cell, and is

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hydrophilic (water
– loving)
Davson – 1935 Hugh The cell membrane
Danielli Davson and is described as a
Model James phospholipid
Danielli bilayer
sandwiched by a
coat of protein on
either surface.

Singer – 1972 Seymour J. The cell membrane

Nicolson Singer and is a mosaic of
Model or Garth L. proteins that are
Fluid Mosaic Nicolson embedded or
Model attached to a fluid
bilayer of protein

What are the principal components

and functions of the cell membrane?

A multicellular organism contains cells

with distinct membranes. Although the
membranes are not the same, they share
common fundamental architecture. Cell
membranes are assembled from five
components: phospholipid, cholesterol,
integral proteins, peripheral proteins,
Image source: Wikimedia Commons and carbohydrates. For you to know
File name: File:Cell membrane detailed and understand the function of each
diagram en.svg principal component of the cell
membrane, study the table given below.

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The Components and Functions of the Cell Membrane

Component Function/Feature
Phospholipid Main fabric of the cell membrane
Integral proteins Transport substance through cell
membrane; function as receptors; for
cell adhesion; for structural support
Peripheral proteins Function to transmit and recognize
signals to and from the external
environment
Cholesterol Maintains the integrity and fluidity of
the cell membrane; dampens effects of
temperature
Carbohydrates Function to transmit and recognize
signals to and from the external
environment; serve as an effective
interaction with the aqueous
environment

What are the two major types of cell transport? How do they differ from each other?

The cell membrane, as we have described earlier, is similar to a screened window; it is

permeable to certain substances and avoids some harmful materials from entering and
some essential materials from leaving. This is why the cell membrane is classified as
selectively permeable or differentially permeable. If it were to lose this selectivity, the
cell would no longer be able to sustain itself and it would be destroyed. If the cell has to
remain alive, it must maintain its internal environment by exchanging materials with its
surroundings. With this, the cell must have a way of obtaining these materials from the
external environment. This may happen passively, as certain substances move into and
out of the cell, or the cell may have special mechanisms that facilitate transport. There
are materials that are so important to a cell that it harvests some of its energy to obtain
these materials. For you to know and understand the different transport mechanisms
and their distinctive features, study the table given. The table on the next page shows
the different transport mechanisms, pictures of how these transport mechanisms look
like, and the way they work.
Mechanisms for Transport Across Cell Membranes
Transport mechanism How it works
Passive transport is the movement of substances across membranes without
energy expenditure.
Diffusion The tendency of ions, food, and other
dissolved substances to move from an
Extracellular space
area of high concentration to an area of
low concentration until the
concentration is equal across a space

Phospholipid bilayer

Intracellular space

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Facilitated diffusion The tendency of ions, food, and other

Channel protein
dissolved substances to move from an
Extracellular space area of high concentration to an area of
low concentration with the help of
membrane proteins

Phospholipid bilayer Intracellular space Carrier protein

Osmosis

Hypertonic Isotonic Hypotonic The movement of water across a porous

membrane from a dilute solution to a
H2 O H2 O H2 O H2 O more concentrated solution
H2 O

- Biologists make and use special

Plasmolyzed Flaccid Turgid vocabularies to describe the
relationship between the internal
environment and extracellular fluids
of a cell. Tonicity describes the
concentration of solute inside and
Hypertonic Isotonic Hypotonic outside the cell and how it afflicts
the volume of the cell. Osmolarity
describes the concentration of solute
of the solution.

H2 O H2 O H2 O - To describe how the principles of

H2 O
osmosis and tonicity apply to cells,
three physiological solutions must
be considered: hypotonic, isotonic,
and hypertonic solutions.

- A cell that is placed in a hypotonic

solution will tend to swell and

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eventually burst; a phenomenon

known as cytolysis (hemolysis in
red blood cells). It is because the
osmolarity inside the cell is higher
than its surroundings and so, the
water will enter the cell.

- A cell that is placed in a hypertonic

solution will tend to shrivel; a
phenomenon known as
plasmolysis. It is because the
osmolarity inside the cell is lower
than its surroundings and so, the
water will leave the cell.

- A cell that is placed in an isotonic

solution will remain the cell’s volume
constant. Virtually, there will be no
net movement of water into or out of
the cell, although water will still
move in and out.

Active transport is the means of moving substances across a membrane which

requires the expenditure of energy, usually in the form of adenosine triphosphate
(ATP), through the transport proteins called carrier proteins.

Extracellular space
Na+ K+

ATP

Pi (inorganic
ADP (adenosine phosphate)
Phospholipid bilayer diphosphate)
Intracellular space

Types of active transport

Primary active transport The movement of ions across a
membrane which creates a difference in
charge across that membrane
Secondary active transport The movement of biomolecules like
amino acids and glucose across a
membrane which is driven by primary

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active transport of ions such as sodium,

potassium, and calcium
Bulk transport Larger molecules and particles are
encased in vesicles to enter or leave the
cell which requires the expenditure of
cell’s energy. They need to move across
the membrane in bulk because it is
impossible for them to pass through
directly to the membrane even with
energy supplied by the cell.
Types of bulk transport
Endocytosis A variation of active transport in which
large particles, such as large food
molecules, organelles, or even whole
cells, are brought into a cell

Exocytosis The process of removing waste materials

from the cell into the extracellular fluid
Extracellular space

Vesicle

Cytoplasm

Types of endocytosis
Phagocytosis (cellular eating) The process whereby a cell ingests or
engulfs large particles, such as
undissolved materials, cells, and large
Solid particle food molecules, using its cell membrane

Cell membrane

Pseudopodium

Phagosome (food
vacuole)

Pinocytosis (cellular drinking) The process by which the cell takes in

molecules, including water, which the cell
needs from the extracellular fluids

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Extracellular space

Cell membrane

Vesicle

Cytoplasm

Receptor – mediated endocytosis The obtaining of substances by the cell

which targets a single type of substance
that binds to the receptor on the external
surface of the cell membrane

Receptor
Clathrin

Coated vesicle

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What’s More

Since you have already learned the principal components and functions of the cell
membrane, the activity below is provided for you.

The table below consists of three columns with the pictures found in the first column.
Then, on the second column, you have to write the component of the cell membrane
which is analogous to the presented pictures/illustrations. You can choose between
PHOSPHOLIPID, CARBOHYDRATE, CHOLESTEROL, INTEGRAL PROTEINS, and
PERIPHERAL PROTEINS which may be used more than once. Lastly, on the third
column, you have to write the SPECIFIC FUNCTION of the component of the cell
membrane that is depicted by each picture/illustration.

PHOTO – COGNITION
Component of the cell Function being portrayed
Picture
membrane being described

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What I Have Learned

Now it’s your turn! Try to picture out the structure and functions of the cell
membrane close – up by completing the following story.

Your first mission as a Bionaut requires you to enter a blood vessel and observe the
structure and functions of the cell membranes. You step into the water – filled
chamber of the microtron, which quickly shrinks you to a size much smaller than a
red blood cell.

Through the tunnel – like needle of a syringe, you fall suddenly and uncontrollably
enter in a blood vessel in the arm of a volunteer. You continuously float together with
large, bouncy, and elastic red blood cells until you notice that the liquid turns to
yellow in color. You know that you have reached already the blood plasma, so you
switch on your headlamp and observe the cells of the epithelial tissues that line the
wall of the blood vessel. Their cell membranes seem to be made of millions of small
balloons. These are the hydrophilic heads of the (1) __________ molecules that make
up most of the membrane surface. Through the transparent surface, you can see
their flexible, (2)__________ tails projecting inward toward the interior of the cell
membrane, and beyond them an inner layer of (3)__________ molecules with their
tails pointing toward you. Here, there are (4)__________ proteins embedded on the cell
membrane; some rest lightly on the surface, but most project all the way into the
interior of the cell. The cell membrane is indeed a (5)__________ mosaic, the proteins
are embedded like the pieces of a picture, but you can see that they are free to move
around. You push on one of the proteins, and it bobs like an iceberg. Some of the
phospholipids and proteins have (6)__________ attached to them which serve as an
effective interaction with the aqueous environment that surrounds the cell. You
notice that one of the proteins has a dimple in its surface. Just then a minute, plump
molecule floating in the blood plasma installs in a depression of a protein. The
molecule is a hormone, a chemical signal, and the dimpled protein is the
(7)__________ that enables the cell to respond to it.

In your light beam, you can see the sparkle and shimmer of many molecules, large
and small, in the blood and pass through the cell membrane. You see that the
transparent gas of oxygen is moving from the plasma and enters the cell interior.
This movement is (8)__________; which it occurs through biological membrane, it is
called (9)__________ transport. Similarly, carbon dioxide is flowing out of the cell,
down its (10)__________ gradient, from the cell interior, where it is (11)__________
concentrated, to the blood, where it is (12)__________ concentrated.

You note that water molecules are passing through the cell membrane equally in
both directions. The total concentration of solutes in the cell and in the blood must

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be equal; the solution must be (13)__________. You signal the control team to inject a
small amount of concentrated salt solution into the blood, making the blood slightly
(14)__________ relative to the cell contents. This causes water to flow (15)__________
the cell, until the two solutions are again in equilibrium. This diffusion of water
through a (16)__________ permeable membrane is called (17)__________.

Some sugar molecules floating in the blood are simply too large to pass easily through
gaps in the cell membrane like the much smaller water molecules can. These sugar
molecules slowly glide past on the cell membrane and pass through pores in special
(18)__________ proteins. This is a type of passive transport, because the molecules
move down a concentration gradient without the expenditure of (19)__________.
Because transport proteins help out, it is called (20)__________ diffusion.

Your chemscanner detects that the cell interior is concentrated with potassium ions.
Transport proteins here and there in the membrane are able to move potassium ions
into the cell against the concentration gradient. This must be (21)__________
transport; the cell expends (22)__________ to provide energy to <pump= the potassium
ions into the cell.

Suddenly there is a tug at your foot. You look down to see your flipper engulfed by a
rippling membrane. A leukocyte the size of a building quickly holds you against the
wall of the blood vessel. The phospholipids of its cell membrane are pressed against
your face mask. The cell is engulfing you, protecting the body from a foreign invader!
Taking in a substance in this way is called (23)__________, more specifically
(24)__________, if the substance is a solid particle. Suddenly the pressure diminishes,
and you are inside the leukocyte, floating free in a membrane – enclosed bag, or
(25)__________. Another sac is approaching; it is a (26)__________, full of digestive
enzymes. You manage to get your legs outside of the vacuole and move it back toward
the inner surface of the cell membrane. As the vacuole joins with the cell membrane,
you pull your feet freely and you glide away from the impatient cell, realizing
that(27)__________ released you as fast as endocytosis engulfed you!

You swim to the exit point, and the control team removes you by syringe. This is
quite enough adventure for one day.

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What I Can Do

Cells are highly organized structures with parts that perform specific functions.
Starting from the cell membrane with its incomparable abilities not only to provide
shape and flexibility to the cell but also to determine the nature of its interaction with
its environment. For you to recognize these functions, make an illustration (with a title)
that shows a place which resembles a cell membrane. Also, write the things that you
think they are similar. Your product will be assessed based on the following criteria:
organization and content accuracy, appropriateness of elements, creativity, and
appearance. The actual rubric to be used in assessing your product will be found on
page 21.

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Assessment

Let’s see how well you have enjoyed the amazing world of cell cycle and mitosis by
answering the following questions. Choose and encircle the letter of the best answer.

_____1. Which of the following contributes to the fluidity of the plasma membrane?
a. Hydrophilic heads of phospholipid bilayer
b. Integral and peripheral proteins
c. Lipids and carbohydrates
d. Cholesterol

_____2. What is the primary function of carbohydrates attached to the cell

membranes?
a. Flexibility of the membrane
b. Identification of the cell
c. Channels through membrane
d. Strengthening the membrane

_____3. Water moves via osmosis _____.

a. from an area with a high concentration of solutes to a lower one
b. from an area with a high concentration of water to one of lower concentration
c. from an area with a low concentration of water to of higher concentration
d. throughout the cytosol of the cytoplasm

_____4. What happens to the vesicle after exocytosis?

a. It leaves the cell.
b. It is disassembled by the cell.
c. It fuses with and becomes part of the plasma membrane.
d. It is used again in another exocytosis event.

_____5. Which transport mechanism can bring whole cells into a cell?
a. Pinocytosis c. Facilitated diffusion
b. Phagocytosis d. Osmosis

_____6. In what important way does receptor – mediated endocytosis differ from
phagocytosis?
a. It does not involve the pinching off of membrane.
b. It brings substances into the cell.
c. It brings in only a specifically targeted substance.
d. It transports only small amounts of fluid.

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_____7. If a cell is in a hypertonic environment, then which of the following is true?

a. The cell will gain water and burst.
b. The cell will lose water and shrink.
c. No water will move across the membrane.
d. There is no net gain or loss of cell volume.

_____8. What chemical property characterizes the interior of the phospholipid

bilayer?
a. It is hydrophobic. c. It is hydrophilic.
b. It is polar. d. It is saturated.

_____9. The movement of water across a membrane is dependent on _____.

a. the solvent concentration c. the presence of carrier proteins
b. the solute concentration d. membrane potential

_____10. The description of a membrane as a <fluid mosaic= means _____.

a. water molecules make up part of the membrane
b. the phospholipids that make up the membrane can move
c. the membrane is made of phospholipids and proteins
d. the membrane is made of glycoprotein bilayer

_____11. A liver cell is placed in a solution whose osmolarity is twice as great as the
solute concentration of the cell cytoplasm. The cell membrane is selectively
permeable, allowing water but not the solutes to pass through. What will
happen to the cell?
a. No change will occur because it is an animal cell.
b. The cell will shrivel because of osmosis.
c. The cell will swell because of diffusion.
d. The cell will shrink because of active transport.

_____12. A white blood cell is capable of producing and releasing thousands of

antibody molecules every second. Antibodies are large, complex protein
molecules. How would you expect them to leave the cell?
a. Active transport c. Receptor – mediated endocytosis
b. Exocytosis d. Passive transport

_____13. Which cell membrane component can be either found on its surface or
embedded in the membrane structure?
a. Protein c. Carbohydrate
b. Cholesterol d. Phospholipid

_____14. A nursing infant is able to obtain disease – fighting antibodies, which are
large protein molecules, from its mother’s milk. These molecules probably
enter the cells lining the baby’s digestive tract via _____.
a. osmosis c. pinocytosis
b. potocytosis d. phagocytosis

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_____15. A doctor injects a patient with what the doctor thinks is an isotonic saline
solution (Normal Saline Solution). The patient dies, and an autopsy reveals
that many red blood cells have been destroyed. Do you think the solution
the doctor injected was really isotonic?
a. No. The solution and the RBCs are of the same osmolarity and so, the RBCs
will eventually burst.
b. No. The solution and the RBCs are of the same solvent concentration but
the RBCs have higher osmolarity and so, the water will enter the RBCs.
c. No. The solution and the RBCs are of the same solute concentration but the
RBCs have lower osmolarity and so, the water will leave the RBCs.
d. No. The solution is hypertonic in nature and has lower osmolarity than
inside the RBCs and so, the RBCs will eventually burst.

Additional Activities

You did a great job on reaching at this far end of this module! Let’s wrap up this
brilliant learning experience with another exciting activity.

As you have gone through the lesson, most cells exist in an aqueous environment.
Their cell membranes selectively obtain certain materials from this liquid
environment for them to remain alive and prevent some harmful materials from
entering. Also, their cell membranes expel out harmful substances, like the waste
products of cellular activities, and prevent essential substances from leaving. But
what do you think would happen to a cell if its cell membrane lost its selectivity?
Make an illustration (with a title) that shows your response to this question. Your
product will be assessed based on the following criteria: organization and content
accuracy, appropriateness of elements, creativity, and appearance. The actual rubric
to be used in assessing your product will be found on page 21.

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Rubric for Illustration Making

Criteria Exceeds (12) Good (9) Fair (6) Poor (3)

Organization and All ideas are Most of the Most of the The ideas are not
Content easily ideas are ideas are not detailed, they look
Accuracy distinguishable distinguishable distinguishable like uniformed
(_____/12) and accurately and accurately and more and/or misshapen
detailed. detailed. details are making them
needed in order indistinguishable.
for them to
identify.
Appropriateness Appropriate Appropriate Appropriate Inappropriate
of Elements materials were materials were materials were materials were
(_____/12) selected and selected and selected selected and
creatively there was an contributed to the
modified in attempt at product that
ways that made creative performed poorly.
them better. modification to
make them
better.
Creativity The product is The product is The product is The product lacks
(_____/12) very creative creative. Lots of somewhat creativity and
and eye- colors, shapes, creative. Not looks messy.
catching. Great and appealing very appealing. Lacks colors,
use of colors, design are Limited use of shapes, and
texture, and used. creative appealing design
shapes. materials.
Limited used of
colors, shapes,
and appealing
design.
Appearance Great care Construction Construction is Construction
(_____/12) taken in was careful and accurate, but 3 appears careless.
construction accurate for the – 4 details Many details need
process so that most part but 1 could have refinement for a
the structure is – 2 details been refined for strong or attractive
neat, attractive, could have a more product.
and accurate. been refined for accurate
a more product.
attractive
product.
Total: _____ + 2 =
_____/50

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Additional Activities: Assessment: What I Can Do:
Students’ answers 1. D Students’ answers
may vary. 2. B may vary.
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. A
10. C
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. D
15. B
What I have Learned:
1. phospholipid 10. concentration
19. Energy
2. hydrophobic 11. more 20.
facilitated
3. phospholipid 12. less
21. active
4. integral and peripheral 13. isotonic 22. ATP
5. fluid 14. hypertonic 23.
endocytosis
What’s More: What New: What’s In: What I Know:
1. Integral protein 1. Flu Students’ answer 1. Carbohydrate
2. Phospholipid 2. Weed may vary. 2. Phospholipid
and integral 3. Moss 3. Cholesterol
protein 4. Ache 4. Peripheral
3. Integral protein, 5. Model protein
peripheral
5. Integral protein
protein, and Missing Concept:
carbohydrate Fluid Mosaic Model
4. Carbohydrate For the functions of
5. Integral protein each component,
6. Integral protein, students’ answer
peripheral may vary
protein, and
carbohydrate
7. Cholesterol
For the functions of
Answer Key
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Wikimedia Commons. File:Cell membrane detailed diagram en.svg. image/PNG.

January 31, 2007.
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