NEW INDIAN PRIVATE SCHOOL – MANGAF, KUWAIT
IGCSE
BIOLOGY- WORK SHEET- 3
CHAPTER 3 – MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF CELLS
Name: ______________________ Date of Submission: 19.05.2025
1. The diagram shows water and sugar molecules on either side of a partially
permeable membrane.
What happens during osmosis?
A. More sugar molecules pass through the membrane from X to Y than from Y to X.
B. More sugar molecules pass through the membrane from Y to X than from X to Y.
C. More water molecules pass through the membrane from X to Y than from Y to X.
D. More water molecules pass through the membrane from Y to X than from X to Y.
2. A jar of air was placed upside down on top of a jar containing a brown gas as
shown.
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Which process has taken place?
A. diffusion both upwards and downwards
B. diffusion downwards only
C. diffusion upwards only
D. diffusion and osmosis
3. Which statement describes how young plants are supported?
A. the pressure of water inside the cells pressing outwards on the cell membranes
B. the pressure of water inside the cells pressing outwards on the cell walls
C. the pressure of water passing from the roots through the phloem
D. the pressure of water passing from the roots through the xylem
4. The diagram shows a test-tube containing clear jelly. A drop of blue ink is injected
into the middle of the jelly.
The blue colour of the ink spreads throughout the jelly.
By which process does the blue ink spread through the jelly?
A. Active transport
B. Catalysis
C. Diffusion
D. Osmosis
5. The diagrams show how a cell appears under the microscope at the start of an
experiment and after it has been placed in a dilute solution of salts for 5 minutes.
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Which statement explains what happens?
A. Dissolved salts enter the cell by diffusion.
B. Dissolved salts leave the cell by diffusion.
C. Water enters the cell by osmosis.
D. Water leaves the cell by osmosis.
6. By which process does oxygen pass out of a leaf?
A. Diffusion
B. Osmosis
C. Translocation
D. Transpiration
7. How does oxygen move from the alveoli into the blood?
A. by diffusion
B. by evaporation
C. by osmosis
D. by transpiration
8. Which process occurs by osmosis?
A. plant roots absorbing mineral ions from the soil
B. plant roots absorbing water from the soil
C. the small intestine absorbing fatty acids into the blood
D. the small intestine absorbing glucose into the blood
9. The diagrams show an experiment when set up and the same experiment two hours
later.
What explains the movement of water and dye?
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10. The scent from a bunch of flowers spreads throughout a room.
How does the scent spread?
A. by conduction
B. by diffusion
C. by osmosis
D. by transpiration
11. Osmosis is defined as the diffusion of water molecules
A. down their concentration gradient through a partially permeable membrane.
B. down their concentration gradient through a permeable membrane.
C. up their concentration gradient through a partially permeable membrane.
D. up their concentration gradient through a permeable membrane.
12. On a dry, sunny day, how does water vapour move through the stomata of a leaf?
A. into the leaf by diffusion
B. into the leaf by osmosis
C. out of the leaf by diffusion
D. out of the leaf by osmosis
13. Define the term osmosis.
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14. The figure shows an electron micrograph of a red blood cell within a capillary.
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Molecules of carbon dioxide that are produced in muscle cells are transported to
the blood.
Describe the pathway taken by these molecules of carbon dioxide.
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15. Mammals have a transport system for carbon dioxide. Plants absorb carbon
dioxide from their surroundings to use in photosynthesis.
Explain how a molecule of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere reaches the site of
photosynthesis in a leaf.
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