1. Which process(es) occur(s) by osmosis?

I. Uptake of water by cells in the wall of the intestine

II. Loss of water from a plant cell in a hypertonic environment
III. Evaporation of water from sweat on the skin surface

A. I only
B. I and II only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

2. The table shows concentrations of potassium ions and sodium ions inside and outside human
cells.

What explains these concentrations?

A. Potassium ions diffuse in and sodium ions diffuse out.

B. Sodium ions diffuse in and potassium ions diffuse out.
C. Active transport pumps sodium ions in and potassium ions out.
D. Active transport pumps sodium ions out and potassium ions in.

3. Which is an essential feature of the Davson–Danielli model of membrane structure?

A. A phospholipid monolayer with intrinsic and extrinsic proteins
B. A layer of protein sandwiched between two layers of lipid
C. A phospholipid bilayer with intrinsic and extrinsic proteins
D. A layer of lipid sandwiched between two layers of protein
4. What part of the plasma membrane is fluid, allowing the movement of proteins in accordance
with the fluid mosaic model?

5. Which molecule regulates the fluidity of cell membranes?

A. Phospholipid
B. Cholesterol
C. Glycoprotein
D. Peripheral protein

6. Which type of transportation happens in the sodium–potassium pump?

A. Facilitated diffusion
B. Osmosis
C. Simple diffusion
D. Active transport

7. The salt concentration inside an animal cell is 1.8 %. The salt concentration in the surrounding
medium becomes 5 %. What will be the likely response?
A. The cell will gain water from the medium.
B. The cell will lose salt to the medium.
C. The cell will remain unchanged.
D. The cell will shrink from loss of water.
8. A diagram of a membrane is shown. In the diagram, which structure is an intrinsic or integral
protein?

9. In the diagram above , which part of the membrane structure does the molecule below form?

10. The cell membrane model proposed by Davson–Danielli was a phospholipid bilayer
sandwiched between two layers of globular protein. Which evidence led to the acceptance
of the Singer–Nicolson model?

A. The orientation of the hydrophilic phospholipid heads towards the proteins

B. The formation of a hydrophobic region on the surface of the membrane
C. The placement of integral and peripheral proteins in the membrane
D. The interactions due to amphipathic properties of phospholipids
11. The giant marine alga Halicystis ovalis is able to move sodium ions from vacuoles to the
surrounding seawater through active transport. Which condition or feature is required for
this mode of transport?

A. Movement from a region of higher sodium concentration to a region of lower sodium

concentration
B. A partially permeable surface
C. Membrane fluidity
D. Transmembrane proteins

12. The diagram is a model of one type of movement across a membrane.

What is this type of movement?

A. Simple diffusion
B. Facilitated diffusion
C. Osmosis
D. Active transport
13. The diagram shows a plasma membrane.

Which molecule is labelled X?

A. Cholesterol
B. Glycoprotein
C. Phospholipid
D. Glycolipid

14. What is osmosis?

A. The movement of water through a membrane from a low to a high solute concentration
B. The movement of solutes through a membrane from a high to a low water concentration
C. The movement of water through a membrane from a high to a low solute concentration
D. The movement of solutes through a membrane from a low to a high water concentration

15. Which are functions of membrane proteins?

A. Hormone binding sites and DNA replication
B. Cell adhesion and translation
C. Cell to cell communication and protein pumps
D. Passive transport and gene expression