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1) A person working in your lab creates a synthetic semi-fluid like substance em

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Question

1) A person working in your lab creates a synthetic semi-fluid like substance embedded with proteins that transport nutrients and ions. This leads you to believe the substance is most similar to

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rough ER.

cell membranes.

cytoplasm.

smooth ER.

mitochondrial matrix.

2)

Which of the following molecules are most likely to pass through the membrane by facilitated diffusion?

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CO2 and H2O

H2O and O2

CO2 and O2

H2O and sucrose

3)Osmosis is best defined as the movement of

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molecules from an area of low concentration to an area of higher concentration.

water molecules across a membrane from an area of low water to an area of higher concentration.

molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration.

water molecules across a membrane from an area of high water concentration to an area of lower concentration.

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

1). Cytoplasm

Explanation: The cytoplasm comprises cytosol, the gel-like substance enclosed within the cell membrane, the organelles & the cell's internal sub-structures.

2). H2O and sucrose

Explanation:

Large molecules do not diffuse freely through cell membrane as it is semipermiable. Hence, they are transported by a process called facilitated diffusion.

3). Water molecules across a membrane from an area of high water concentration to an area of lower concentration.

Explanation: Osmosis describes about the movement of water from its higher concentration (Low solute) to a region of its lower concentration (high solute) through semipermiable membrane.