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AQA GCSE Biology B1 (textbook units)(cells and microscopes)

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of microscope has the highest resolving power?

a)

light

b)

electron

c)

neither

2.

If the eyepiece lens is x15 and the objective lens is x40, what is the total magnification?

a)

x600

b)

x2.5

c)

x400

d)

x750

3.

what is the name for number 12 on the diagram?

a)

adjustment knob

b)

fine focus

c)

course focus

d)

stage changer

4.

If the magnification was x600, and the image size was 40mm, what is the actual size?

a)

66 micrometres

b)

0.066 mm

c)

24000 micrometres

d)

24mm

5.

1 nm is how many metres?

a)

0.00001

b)

1000

c)

0.000000001

d)

0.000001

6.

What type of cell is this?

a)

prokaryotic

b)

eukaryotic

7.

the parts of a plant cell that an animal cell does not have

a)

cell membrane, vacuole, chloroplast

b)

vacuole, cell membrane, chlorophyll

c)

chloroplast, vacuole, cell wall

d)

chlorophyll, chloroplast, nucleus

8.

Cell walls are made from this carbohydrate

a)

glucose

b)

starch

c)

sucrose

d)

cellulose

9.

what part of the cell is this? and what role does it have?

a)

chloroplast and photosynthesis

b)

mitochondria and photosynthesis

c)

mitochondria and respiration

d)

chloroplast and respiration

10.

What is a prokaryotic cell missing when compared to a eukaryotic one

a)

nucleus

b)

genetic material

c)

flagellum

d)

plasmids

11.

The acrosome in a sperm cell is used for

a)

energy

b)

contains lots of mitochondria

c)

movement

d)

contains enzymes to break down egg

12.

What type of specialised cell is this?

a)

nerve cell

b)

sperm cell

c)

muscle cell

d)

xylem cell

13.

how is it specialised?

a)

contains dendrons

b)

contains myelin sheath to insulate impulses

c)

contains mitochondria for active transport

d)

contains no nucleus to save space

14.

What type of specialised cell is this?

a)

phloem

b)

xylem

c)

meristem

d)

palisade

15.

How are the cells on the left specialised?

a)

contain lignin to help with strength

b)

contain lignin to make them waterproof

c)

contains end plates to slow down water flow

d)

contains pits to allow water in and out

16.

This diagram shows

a)

active transport

b)

diffusion

c)

osmosis

d)

facilitated diffusion

17.

this diagram shows

a)

osmosis

b)

diffusion

c)

active transport

d)

water transport

18.

This diagram shows

a)

osmosis

b)

active transport

c)

diffusion

d)

passive transport

19.

An example of where this occurs is

a)

root hair cells taking in minerals from the soil

b)

root hair cells taking in water from the soil

c)

oxygen moving from blood to cells

d)

glucose moving from blood to cells

20.

the isotonic concentration in this experiment was

a)

0.0

b)

0.2

c)

0.4

d)

0.6

21.

The starting mass of the potato was 0.8g, the final mass was 1.1g, what is the % change?

a)

30.5%

b)

37.5%

c)

45.0%

d)

25.5%

22.

What are the three factors that can affect the rate of diffusion

a)

temperature, concentration gradient and surface area

b)

temperature, surface area and time

c)

surface area, concentration gradient and time

d)

time, temperature and concentration gradient

23.

A hypertonic solution is one that

a)

contains more water and less solute than the cell

b)

contains less water and more solute than the cell

c)

contains less water and less solute than the cell

d)

contains more water and more solute than the cell

24.

What has happened to these red blood cells?

a)

crenation

b)

plasmolysis

c)

lysis

d)

turgidity

25.

What type of solution causes this?

a)

a buffer

b)

isotonic

c)

hypotonic

d)

hypertonic

26.

it is important that the blood remains

a)

isotonic

b)

hypotonic

c)

hypertonic

d)

neutral

27.

what has happened to the plant cell on the right?

a)

lysis

b)

plasmolysis

c)

turgidity

d)

crenation

28.

What type of solution causes this?

a)

hypertonic

b)

isotonic

c)

hypotonic

d)

constant

29.

if each small square is 1cm, what is the surface area : volume ratio of this cube

a)

3:1

b)

6:1

c)

2:1

d)

4:1

30.

single celled organisms have

a)

a low surface area:volume ratio

b)

a high surface area:volume ratio

31.

The two things that multicellular organisms require and why

a)

specialised exhange surfaces, transport system because they have a high SA:V

b)

specialised exchange surfaces, specialised cells because they have a high SA:V

c)

specialised exhange surfaces, transport system because they have a low SA:V

d)

specialised exchange surfaces, specialised cells because they have a low SA:V