Questions With All Correct Answers
latest updated (Graded A)
Fluid Mosaic Model - Answer- Different pieces. Lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates.
Membrane is a ______ of protein molecules bobbing in a fluid bilayer of phospholipids.
Bilayer - Answer-
Integral Proteins - Answer- In the membrane. Are often transmembrane proteins.
Lateral - Answer- Phospholipids have mostly ____ movement.
Cytoskeleton - Answer- Most proteins are attached to the _____.
Plasma Membrane - Answer- Boundary that separates living cell from nonliving
surroundings. Controls traffic into and out of cell.
Selective Permeability - Answer- Exchanging materials with the environment. Cells
choose what can enter or leave the cell.
Amphipathic - Answer- Contains both a hydrophilic portion and a hydrophobic portion.
Hydrocarbon Tails - Answer- _____ ___ affect membrane fluidity. If they are bent, there
is more room, so the membrane is more fluid.
Cholesterol - Answer- Temperature buffer. It prevents the phospholipids from getting too
far apart or moving too much.
Decrease, Increase - Answer- Warm temperatures ____ fluidity, cool temperatures
____ fluidity.
Transmembrane Proteins - Answer- Proteins that are both inside and outside the
membrane with hydrophilic and hydrophobic portions.
Peripheral Proteins - Answer- Proteins loosely bonded to the side of the membrane.
Integrin - Answer- An integral protein that is also a transmembrane protein that
transmits stimuli from the environment to inside the cell and vice versa.
Transport Protein - Answer- Is also a channel protein that is also an integrin that is also
an integral protein that is also a transmembrane protein. It can have a hydrophilic