Correctly complete the following statements with a word or term which makes that statement true. (8 pts. @ per blank)
1. _______________ is the movement of materials from a higher to a lower concentration.
2. _______________ transport involves processes such as osmosis and diffusion.
3. _______________ is the pinching in of materials through the cell membrane.
4. _______________ is the engulfing of materials by an organism or a cell with its psuedopodia.
5. _______________ is the diffusion of water.
6. _______________ transport is the movement of materials from lower concentration to higher concentration as in the processes of phagocytosis and pinocytosis.
7. _______________ transport requires energy in the form of ATP to occur.
8. The cell or plasma membrane is composed chiefly of two layers of ______________ with globular ______________ floating in these layers.
9. Most cell membrane _______________ occurs through the proteins embedded in its membrane.
An freshwater organism is placed in a 20% saline solution. (20 pts.)
(a.) Explain why water moves through the cell membrane faster than does the salt in the saline solution.
(b.) Indicate the direction of osmotic flow using a picture.
1. diffusion or passive transport
2. passive
3. pinocytosis
4. phagocytosis
5. osmosis
6. active
7. active
8. lipids, proteins
9. transport
[Short Answer Question]
a.) Water is better able to fit through the channels in the globular proteins of the plasma membrane as it is a smaller molecule than salt or most other molecules.
b.) The drawing had better show the outward osmosis of the water (which would lead to a shriveling of the cell)