Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Fluid mosaic membranes

Fluid mosaic membranes — practice question

Which combination of factors will result in the most fluid cell surface membrane?

  • Aan increase in the proportion of phospholipids with saturated fatty acid chains and distance between phospholipid molecules
  • Ban increase in the proportion of long fatty acid chains and proportion of phospholipids with unsaturated fatty acid chains
  • Can increase in the proportion of long fatty acid chains and temperature
  • Dan increase in the proportion of phospholipids with unsaturated fatty acid chains and temperature

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