Download Computer Animation of Cell Membrane and Transport

Computer Animation of Cell Membrane and Transport
Go to: http://www.northland.cc.mn.us/biology/Biology1111/animations/passive1.html
Use the menu option to choose PASSIVE TRANSPORT and then answer the following:
1. What is passive transport?
2. What are the 3 types of passive transport?
Click on the NEXT button and a tour of the cell membrane
begins.
1. What is an integral protein?
2. Describe the lipid bilayer. What is it made of? How does it behave?
Click on the word SIMPLE on the bottom of the animation box.
1. Define diffusion.
2. What is a concentration gradient?
Click on NEXT.
1. What does diffusion depend on?
2. When does diffusion end?
Click on NEXT and we move on to FACILITATED DIFFUSION
1. What is facilitated diffusion?
2. What molecule of life (fat, carb, or protein) aids in
facilitated diffusion?
3. What is conformational change?
Click on NEXT
1. What is osmosis?
2. How does it compare to diffusion?
3. What is the difference between a hypotonic and hypertonic solution?
4. Which direction will water move (from hypo  hyper or vice versa)?
5. When will osmosis stop?
Click on NEXT
1. What is active transport?
2. What molecule is used as Energy during this process?
3. What are 3 types of active transport?
Click on NEXT
1. What is an ion pump?
2. What is another name for ion pumps?
3. What is a voltage gradient?
4. What is ATP broken down to after it is used?
Click on NEXT
1. What is cotransport?
2. In this example, what is pumped out of the cell through a protein
with the help of ATP?
3. How does cotransport work?
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Click on NEXT
1. What is endocytosis?
What are the 3 types of endocytosis?
What is Phagocytosis?
What is Pinocytosis?
What is receptor mediated endocytosis?
How are these 3 alike?
How are they different?