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Cell Membrane Transport Activity
(SB1a-d)
What do you think?
1. How does the cell control what enters and leaves the cell?
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Purpose: To show and explain how materials enter and exit the cell.
Directions: Create a flyer of 1 transport mechanism.
 Students will receive 1 topic of the transport mechanisms shown below:
 Diffusion
 Ion pump
 Osmosis
 Endocytosis
 Facilitated diffusion
 Exocytosis
 Research your topic using your textbook and notes. Be sure to include the following information:
2. Is the transport mechanism passive or active transport? (4 pts)
3. Does material enter or leave through phospholipids, protein channels, vesicles or use other means?
(4pts)
4. Does material move up the concentration gradient or down the concentration gradient? (4 pts)
5. What is an example of a substance that may enter or leave the cell through this transport method? (4 pts)
6. Draw a picture of process. (4 pts)
 You will have 15 mins to work on your topic.
o Use marker to increase visibility.
o Post the Flyer in the designated area for your mechanism
 Once all Flyers have been posted, read the flyers created by other students and fill out the chart in the back of
this paper for all mechanism.
o Use of a pencil is suggested
 You will be graded based on your Flyer (50%) and on the station notes (50%).
Station notes: Fill in this chart!
Mechanism
Passive/Active
Transport
(24pts total)
How does material
Example of materials that
enter/leave the cell?
may enter or leave
(Phospholipid bilayer, carrier
proteins, protein channels,
Vesicles…)
Direction substance moves through the cell
membrane
Down the concentration gradient
OR
Up the concentration gradient
Diffusion
Osmosis
Facilitated
Diffusion
Ion Pump
Endocytosis
Exocytosis
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