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Spring Term 2019 HALF TERM Assessment on everything since September

Quiz by Ruth Landrigan

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  • Q1
    Which characteristic of living things is a process by which energy is released from food?
    Reproduction
    Sensitivity
    Excretion
    Respiration
    30s
  • Q2
    What is the name of a group of similar cells that work together to carry out a particular function?
    Tissue
    Organ system
    Organ
    A specialised cell
    30s
  • Q3
    True or false: Eukaryotic cells are complex, and include all animal and plant cells. Prokaryotic cells are smaller and simpler, e.g. bacteria
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q4
    What word is used to describe all the tiny structures within cells?
    Specialised cell
    Tissue
    Organ
    Organelle
    30s
  • Q5
    Which of the following cell organelles are found in plant cells, but not found animal cells?
    Chloroplast, ribosomes, permanent vacuole, chitin cell wall
    Chloroplast, permanent vacuole, cell membrane
    Chloroplast, mitochondrion, permanent vacuole, cellulose cell wall
    Chloroplast, permanent vacuole, cellulose cell wall
    30s
  • Q6
    Which of the following statements about fungi is not true?
    They can't photosynthesize
    Some are single-celled
    Some have a body called a mycelium, which is made up of hyphae
    Hyphae contain very few nuclei
    30s
  • Q7
    Which of the following statements about fungi is not true?
    Most feed by saprotrophic nutrition
    Their cells have cell walls made of chitin
    Yeast is an example of a multi-celled fungus
    They can store carbohydrate as glycogen
    30s
  • Q8
    Which of the following statements about protoctists is not true?
    Chlorella (plant-cell-like) and amoeba (animal-cell-like) are examples of protists
    Some have chloroplasts and are similar to plant cells. Other are more like animal cells
    They are multicellular and visible with the naked eye
    They are single-celled and microscopic (really tiny)
    30s
  • Q9
    What are the small circles of DNA found floating in the cytoplasm of bacteria called?
    Plasmids
    RNA circles
    Genomes
    Chromosomes
    30s
  • Q10
    Why do bacterial cells not contain mitochondria?
    Because one bacteria cell is smaller than one mitochondrion
    Because bacteria cells do not need energy
    Because bacteria cells do not need to carry out protein synthesis
    Because bacteria cells do not need to carry out respiration
    30s
  • Q11
    True or false: Viruses are smaller than bacteria
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q12
    Which are the six essential nutrients humans need in their diet - in the right proportions - to have a balanced diet?
    Carbohydrates, proteins, fats/lipids, vitamins and minerals, and water
    Carbohydrates, proteins, fats/lipids, vitamins and minerals, and fibre
    Proteins, vitamins and minerals, fibre, water and milk
    Carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals, fibre and water
    30s
  • Q13
    True or false: the following substances are all carbohydrates - starch, glycogen, cellulose, glucose, maltose
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q14
    What are lipid molecules made up of?
    Long chains of amino acids
    3 fatty acids and 1 glycerol
    The elements carbon hydrogen and oxygen
    1 fatty acid and 3 glycerol
    30s
  • Q15
    Which substance is used to test for the presence of simple sugar, e.g. glucose, in a food?
    Iodine solution
    Benedict's solution
    Sudan III stain solution
    Biuret solution
    30s

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