1. You are given 2 unlabelled beakers, one filled with a solution of salt water with 20% concentration and another with distilled water. Design an experiment that will allow you to observe osmosis in action describe what the results will look like. Include a diagram to support your answer.

When dissolved in water, an _________ donates H+; an ________ accepts H+. a. acid; base c. buffer; solute b. base; acid d. base; buffer

Which of the following methods of transport is being used to transfer the substance into the cell in the accompanying graph? a. diffusion down a concentration gradient b. osmosis c. facilitated diffusion d. active transport e. vesicular transport f. It is impossible to tell with the information provided.

Distinguish between the following pairs of terms: a. diffusion; osmosis b. passive transport; active transport c. endocytosis; exocytosis

Figure 22.16 Which of the following statements is true? Gram-positive bacteria have a single cell wall anchored to the cell membrane by lipoteichoic acid. Pori ns allow entry of substances into both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria is thick, and the cell wall of Gram-positive bacteria is thin. Gram-negative bacteria have a cell wall made of peptidoglycan, whereas Gram positive bacteria have a cell wall made of lipoteichoic acid.

Why can some insects walk on water?

Using the principle of diffusion, a dialysis machine removes waste solutes from a patients blood. Imagine blood runs through a cylinder wherein diffusion can occur across an artificial selectively permeable membrane to a saline solution on the other side. Which of the following statements is correct? a. Solutes move from lower to higher concentraction. b. The concentration gradient is lower in the patients blood than in the saline solution wash. c. The solutes are transported through a symport in the blood cell membrane. d. The saline solution has a lower concentration gradient of solute than the blood. e. The waste solutes are actively transported from the blood.

A substance dissociates into K+ and Cl- in solution. The substance is a(n) ________. acid base salt buffer

Calculate the number of cells in the body of an average 68-kg (150-lb) adult. (This will only be accurate to about 1 part in 10 but should give you an idea how scientists estimate this commonly quoted number.) Assume all cells are spheres 20 m in diameter. The volume of a sphere can be determined by the equation v=4/33. (Hint: We know that about two thirds of the water in the body is intracellular and the density of cells is nearly 1 g/mL. The proportion of the mass made up of water is about 60%.)

Using the answer code on the right, indicate which membrane component is responsible for the function in question: 1. channel formation____________________________________ (a) lipid bilayer 2. barrier to passage of water- __________________ (b) proteins soluble substances ____________________________________ (c) carbohydrates 3. receptor sites 4. membrane fluidity 5. recognition of self 6. membrane-bound enzymes 7. structural boundary 8. carriers