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Biology: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Diffusion (Questions)

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One process that needs to be understood by middle school Biology students is diffusion. This is the passive movement of molecules in a high concentration through a membrane to an area of low concentration, and it is fundamental to life. Diffusion is a passive process during which small particles (usually molecules) move from a region of high concentration to a region with a lower concentration.

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Examples of diffusing molecules are oxygen and carbon dioxide. The concentration gradient is the change in concentration from one place when compared with another place, for example comparing one side of a cell membrane with the other side. The gradient will determine whether a molecule will move and how quickly.

There are many examples of diffusion that occur in your body, for example, in your lungs, where we see the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules. When you breathe in, the concentration of oxygen molecules in your blood is lower than in the air. This means that oxygen molecules diffuse through the thin walls of your alveoli and into the capillaries on the alveoli and go into your blood. Once in your bloodstream, they combine with the red blood cells to form oxyhaemoglobin which is transported round your body. When an oxygenated red blood cell passes another cell in your body that has a low concentration of oxygen, the oxygen can leave the red blood cell and diffuse into the cell that needs more oxygen for respiration.

Carbon dioxide is one of the waste products of respiration in cells and, as it builds up in a cell, it can diffuse into the bloodstream where it dissolves in the plasma. As the blood passes through the lungs, the concentration of carbon dioxide is greater than in the air you breathed in. It therefore diffuses from the blood into the lungs where it is breathed out.

How well do you understand the passive movement of particles via diffusion. Play this quiz and test yourself.

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Diffusion is the movement of particles from high concentration to which of the following?

[ ]	Higher concentration
[ ]	Lower concentration
[ ]	Equal concentration
[ ]	High concentration

Which of these is a major site for gaseous exchange in the body?

[ ]	Kidney tubule
[ ]	Alveolus
[ ]	Heart
[ ]	Aorta

Diffusion is...

[ ]	active
[ ]	inactive
[ ]	passive
[ ]	impassive

Diffusion requires which of the following?

[ ]	Energy
[ ]	No energy
[ ]	Glucose
[ ]	Insulin

Which of these molecules only moves by simple diffusion?

[ ]	Water
[ ]	Glucose
[ ]	Cholesterol
[ ]	Carbon dioxide

Which of these molecules is too big to diffuse through a membrane, using simple diffusion?

[ ]	Starch
[ ]	Oxygen
[ ]	Carbon dioxide
[ ]	Water

The rate of diffusion is increased in which of the following situations?

[ ]	If there are fewer molecules
[ ]	If the surface area is increased
[ ]	If the temperature is decreased
[ ]	If the diffusion distance is greater

Diffusion is fast in the lungs. Why is this?

[ ]	Because the lungs have a huge area
[ ]	Because the lungs have a huge surface area
[ ]	Because the lungs have a huge volume
[ ]	Because the lungs have a huge density

Active transport is where molecules use a carrier and are moved...

[ ]	with the concentration gradient
[ ]	along the concentration gradient
[ ]	against the concentration gradient
[ ]	equally to the concentration gradient

10.

Diffusion happens faster in which of the following situations?

[ ]	If the difference in concentration is bigger
[ ]	If the difference in concentration is smaller
[ ]	If the difference in concentration is the same
[ ]	The difference in concentration makes no difference to the rate of diffusion

Biology: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Diffusion (Answers)

Diffusion is the movement of particles from high concentration to which of the following?

[ ]	Higher concentration
[x]	Lower concentration
[ ]	Equal concentration
[ ]	High concentration

The difference in concentration either side of a semi or fully permeable membrane is the concentration gradient

Which of these is a major site for gaseous exchange in the body?

[ ]	Kidney tubule
[x]	Alveolus
[ ]	Heart
[ ]	Aorta

The plural is alveoli

Diffusion is...

[ ]	active
[ ]	inactive
[x]	passive
[ ]	impassive

This means that it happens automatically, without the need for anything to cause it to happen

Diffusion requires which of the following?

[ ]	Energy
[x]	No energy
[ ]	Glucose
[ ]	Insulin

That is because it is a passive process

Which of these molecules only moves by simple diffusion?

[ ]	Water
[ ]	Glucose
[ ]	Cholesterol
[x]	Carbon dioxide

Small molecules diffuse more easily and more rapidly than larger molecules

Which of these molecules is too big to diffuse through a membrane, using simple diffusion?

[x]	Starch
[ ]	Oxygen
[ ]	Carbon dioxide
[ ]	Water

If a molecule cannot fit through the holes in the cell membrane, it cannot pass into or out of a cell. Some large molecules, like proteins, have to be broken down before a cell can take them in

The rate of diffusion is increased in which of the following situations?

[ ]	If there are fewer molecules
[x]	If the surface area is increased
[ ]	If the temperature is decreased
[ ]	If the diffusion distance is greater

More molecules can pass through the membrane at the same time

Diffusion is fast in the lungs. Why is this?

[ ]	Because the lungs have a huge area
[x]	Because the lungs have a huge surface area
[ ]	Because the lungs have a huge volume
[ ]	Because the lungs have a huge density

The alveoli in the lungs have a surface area equivalent to the area a tennis court!

Active transport is where molecules use a carrier and are moved...

[ ]	with the concentration gradient
[ ]	along the concentration gradient
[x]	against the concentration gradient
[ ]	equally to the concentration gradient

Molecules, such as amino acids and glucose, are moved into and out of cells using active transport. This is an active process requiring energy and a carrier

10.

Diffusion happens faster in which of the following situations?

[x]	If the difference in concentration is bigger
[ ]	If the difference in concentration is smaller
[ ]	If the difference in concentration is the same
[ ]	The difference in concentration makes no difference to the rate of diffusion

The bigger the difference in concentration, the faster the rate of diffusion