Cell Transport Web Quest
For this web quest, you will be explaining how the cell membrane transports molecules into and out of the cell by
investigating the various forms of transport through online research.
http://www.northland.cc.mn.us/biology/biology1111/animations/transport1.html
Select Passive Transport:
Cell Membrane
1. Identify the 3 types of passive transport.
2. What does the cell membrane consist of?
3. Sketch a phospholipid.
Simple Diffusion
4. What is diffusion? Sketch an example with the concentration gradient.
5. What determines the rate of diffusion?
Facilitated Diffusion
6. What is facilitated diffusion? How is it different from regular diffusion?
7. Sketch the protein and illustrate how it helps channel molecules.
Osmosis
8. What is osmosis?
9. What is a hypertonic and hypotonic solution?
10. When does the process end?
Select Active Transport:
11. What is active transport?
12. What does energy come in the form of?
13. What are the types of Activate Transport?
Ion Pumps
14. What is an ion pump?
15. How does the ion pump transfer molecules? Is against or with the gradient?
Contransport
16. What is contransport?
17. Sketch how contransport works.
Endocytosis
18. What is endocytosis? What are the three types?
19. What is the purpose of Phagocytosis? Sketch how it works.
20. What is pinocytosis?
21. What is receptor-mediated endocytosis? How is it different from Pyagocytosis?
Conclusion
DO THIS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK OR ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER. Create a foldable with the following types of
transport. Include a short definition and illustration for each.
Simple Diffusion
Facilitated Diffusion
Osmosis
Ion Pumps
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