AQA GCSE Biology - Cell Structure and Microscopy Hinge Questions

Match the Hazard, the Risk, and the Prevention method.

• Iodine solution is an irritant

• Prevention

• Skin/eye irritation

• Risk

• Wash hands

  Wipe up spills

  Wear goggles

• Hazard

Match the Hazard, the Risk, and the Prevention method.

• May cut someone

• Hazard

• Sharp knife

• Prevention

• Slice away from body

• Risk

Calculate the actual size of cell Z in the image. Give your answer in µm, and do not include units.

Mathematical Equivalence

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What is wrong with this biological drawing?

a

b

c

d

Shaded the nucleus

no magnification or stain given

incomplete cell walls

no labels

What are the similarities and differences between the prokaryotic cell and the eukaryotic cells?

Groups:

(a) Similarities

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(b) Differences

• Prokaryotes are much smaller

• Eukaryotes have a nucleus

• All have a cytoplasm

• Prokaryotes have DNA free in the cytoplasm

• Ribosomes smaller in bacteria

• Eukaryotes have mitochondria

• All have a cell membrane

• Ribosomes present

• All have DNA

Label the cell.

a

b

c

d

e

Plant cell

Animal cell

Vacuole

nucleus

Chloroplast

cytoplasm

cell membrane

mitochondrion

Cell wall

Label the cell.

a

b

c

d

cytoplasm

nucleus

cell membrane

animal cell

Label the cell.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

cell membrane

chloroplast

animal cell

ribosome

plant cell

nucleus

cellulose cell wall

cytoplasm

mitochondrion

peptidoglycan cell wall

Label the cell.

a

b

c

d

e

mitochondrion

plant cell

chloroplast

nucleus

animal cell

cellulose cell wall

cell membrane

ribosome

cytoplasm

Which part of the cell contains DNA?