Your name ..................................................................................................

9A 1/Dec/2017

9A Block II Test SCIENCE

Answer all the questions. You may use pencil or pen. The test has 30 marks.

1. The diagram below shows the CELL CYCLE, which goes through 4 Phases, shown only by
the letters A, B, C & D.

1.1 Identify the 4 Phases of the cell cycle

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B ......................................................................................................................................................

C ......................................................................................................................................................

D ......................................................................................................................................................

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[5 marks]

1.2 What is the difference between DNA at the beginning and at the end of Phase B'

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[1 mark]
1.3 Cancers are often caused by carcinogenic conditions or chemicals or activities, which
interfere with the cell cycle. For instance it is known that smoking can directly cause
lung cancer. State one other carcinogen - something that is known to cause cancer.

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[1 mark]

2. The diagram below shows a simplified picture of a small piece of DNA.

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1 3

2.1 The 3 principal components of DNA are:

 Nitrogen bases
 Phosphate group
 Deoxyribose sugar

The components are labelled in the diagram by boxes 1, 2 & 3. State the name of each
component, by selecting the correct name from the list above.
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2 .......................................................................................................................................................

3 .......................................................................................................................................................
[3 marks]

2.2 The boxes with numbers 4 and 5 written in the diagram of DNA, should have letters
written in them, not numbers. What are the correct letters to write into Boxes 4 and 5?

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5 ..........................................................................................................................................
[1 mark]

3. The diagram below show a short piece of DNA during replication.

3.1 DNA replication can only occur if certain enzymes are present. Four of the enzymes are
shown in the diagram above.

i) Which of the four enzymes helps the DNA helix to unravel?

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ii) Which enzyme 'reads' the DNA strands and prepares them so that a new strand
will be made in the correct place?

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 iii) Which enzyme lays down the pieces which make the new strand?

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iv) Which enzyme 'glues' all the pieces of the new strand onto the old strand?

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[4 marks]

3.2 DNA replication is said to be semi-conservative. What does this mean?

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[2 marks]

4. Answer the following questions about classification by writing a circle around the letter
which gives the correct answer.

4.1 The process of grouping things based on their similarities (shared characteristics) is
called:

A. Taxidermy

B. Taxonomy

C. Pachidermy

D. Taxis

4.2 The first person to have created a classification system for living organisms was:

A. Carlus Linneaus

B. Leonardo Da Vinci

C. Pliny the Elder

D. Aristotle
4.3 The correct term for a "two-part naming system" is:

A. Taxonomy

B. Binomial nomenclature

C. Genus and species

D. Latinized words

4.4 The scientific name for a musk ox (a very hairy buffalo-looking creature from the high
Arctic) is Ovibos moschatus. The genus is which part of the name?

A. Ovibos

B. Moschatus

C. Both

D. Neither

4.5 Which of the following people gave us the classification system that we still use today?

A. Carolus Linneaus

B. Leonardo Da Vinci

C. Pliny the Elder

D. Aristotle

4.6 The correct sequence for the seven levels of classification is.

A. Kingdom Phylum Order Class Family Genus Species

B. Kingdom Phylum Family Class Order Genus Species

C. Kingdom Class Family Phylum Order Genus Species

D. Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

4.7 Which level of Classification is the most general (or most broad) category?

A. Kingdom

B. Genus

C. Phylum

D. Order

4.8 A bear is classified as the following: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora,

Ursidae, Ursus, americanus. Which one is the Order?

A. Ursidae

B. Carnivora

C. Chordata

D. Americanus

4.9 In a classification system, organisms are classified based on

A. Similar behaviours

B. Similar morphology (size, shape and structure)

C. Similar ancestry

D. All of the above

[9 marks]
5. Use the classification key given below to identify the name of each of the 4 birds. Write
the name of each bird in the space provided.

[4 marks]

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