SECTION A

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ANSWER ALL QUESTION

1. What is defined as the chemical reactions that break down food

molecules in cells to release energy?
A

excretion

movement

nutrition

respiration

2. A living organism, X, can make its own food, get rid of toxic materials
and detect and respond to stimuli. What other four processes must
organism X carry out to stay alive?
A.

excretion, growth, movement, sensitivity

B.

excretion, growth, nutrition, respiration

C.

growth, movement, reproduction, respiration

D. movement, reproduction, respiration, sensitivity

3. Worms come to the soil surface after heavy rain.
Which characteristic of living organisms does this show?
A

growth

nutrition

reproduction

sensitivity

4. The diagram shows an arthropod animal.

Which features are characteristic of all arthropods?

A

jointed legs and segmented body

jointed legs and thorax

segmented body and wings

thorax and wing

5. The table shows some characteristic features of four vertebrates.

Which vertebrate is a mammal?

6. Which animal is not an arthropod?

7. The diagram shows a sea lion.

Which labelled feature shows that this animal is a mammal?

8. Keys are used in biological identification.

Which statement may appear in a key and alone could identify one of the plants in the
diagrams?

The plant has a single deep root with small branches.

The plant has many similar roots, arising from a single point.

The plant has one flower on the stem.

The plant has pointed leaves.

9.

The diagram shows a type of cell.

Using the key below, which letter identifies the cell?

10.

The table shows the number of chloroplast in three different types of leaf cell.
Which shows the correct numbers for each type of cell?

11. The diagram shows a plant cell.

Which part will stain blue/black with iodine solution?

12.

Which parts are found in both plant and animal cells?

A
B
C
D

13.

cell membrane, large vacuole

cell membrane, cytoplasm
cell wall, large vacuole
cell wall, cytoplasm

Which is an organ?
A a group of ciliated cells
B the liver
C the nervous system
D the xylem

14.

The diagram shows some of the blood vessels and other structure in the human body.

The blood vessels shown are all parts of the same

A cell
B organ
C organ system
D tissue
15.

Which does not contain cytoplasm?

A
B
C
D

16.

liver cell
palisade tissue
red blood cell
xylem vessel

The diagram shows four cells.

Which cell performs the function of contraction?

17.

Which two functions does xylem perform?

18.

The diagram shows a bacterial cell

A
B
C
D

19.

it has a cell membrane

it has cytoplasm
it has no chloroplast
it has no nucleus

The diagram shows a specialised cell.

For which function is the cell adapted?

A absorption of water
B contraction of muscle
C movement of dust particles
D transport of oxygen
20.

Which function is carried out by ciliated cells in the respiratory tract?

A
B
C
D

filtering dirt from passing air

making mucus
moving carbon dioxide out of the lungs
moving mucus to the throat

SECTION B
ANSWER ALL QUESTION
1.

a) Draw a straight line to match the diagram of each tissue with its function.
The first has been completed for you

b) Explain why a leaf is described as an organ, not a tissue.

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