Name: Juan Alemn

Exercise 1: Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability: Activity 4: Simulating Filtration Lab Report
Pre-lab Quiz Results
You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.
1. Filtration is a process that
You correctly answered: c. is passive.
2. Filtration is dependent upon a
You correctly answered: b. hydrostatic pressure gradient.
3. The filtrate
You correctly answered: d. All of these answers are correct.
4. An important place that filtration takes place in the body is in
You correctly answered: d. the kidneys.

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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question 1: What effect will increasing the pore size of the filter have on the filtration rate?
Your answer : c. The filtration rate will increase.
Predict Question 2: What will happen if you increase the pressure above the beaker (the driving pressure)?
Your answer : a. The filtration rate will increase.
Stop & Think Questions:
The reason none of the solutes were present in the filtrate was that
You correctly answered: b. the solutes were all too large to pass through.
What does an increase in the driving pressure correspond to in the body?
You correctly answered: d. an increase in blood pressure
Experiment Data:
Run Number
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5

Solute
Na+ ClUrea
Glucose
Powdered Charcoal
Na+ ClUrea
Glucose
Powdered Charcoal
Na+ ClUrea
Glucose
Powdered Charcoal
Na+ ClUrea
Glucose
Powdered Charcoal

MWCO
20
20
20
20
50
50
50
50
200
200
200
200
200
200
200
200

Pressure
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
100
100
100
100

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Filter Rate
1
1
1
1
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
10
10
10
10
20
20
20
20

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Residue
present
present
present
present
present
present
present
present
present
present
present
present
present
present
present
present

Start Conc.
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

Filter Conc.
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
4.81
0.00
0.00
0.00
4.81
4.74
4.39
0.00
4.81
4.74
4.39
0.00

Post-lab Quiz Results

You scored 100% by answering 4 out of 4 questions correctly.
1. After filtration, substances that pass through the filter are called the filtrate, which includes
You correctly answered: d. all of the above.
2. The top beaker in the simulation corresponds to
You correctly answered: a. the blood capillary.
3. Why was there not 100% recovery of the Na+ Cl- solute with any of the membranes?
You correctly answered: c. Some of the solute remained on the membrane filter.
4. An increase in blood pressure would probably initially __________ filtration in the kidneys.
You correctly answered: b. increase the rate of

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Review Sheet Results

1. Explain in your own words why increasing the pore size increased the filtration rate. Use an analogy to support your
statement. How well did the results compare with your prediction?
Your answer:
Increasing the pore size would increase the rate of filtraion because more would be able to pass through. My prediction was
correct.
2. Which solute did not appear in the filtrate using any of the membranes? Explain why.
Your answer:
The powedered charcoal did not filtrate through any of the membranes. I think this is because the charcoal contains large
molecules and therefore it is not able to pass through the pores of the membranes.
3. Why did increasing the pressure increase the filtration rate but not the concentration of solutes? How well did the results
compare with your prediction?
Your answer:
Increasing the pressure increases the filtration rate since the molecules are able to pass through faster. However, it does
not increase the concentration of solutes that passes through the membrane. My prediction was supported by the results.

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