WorksheetsPrelim Revision N5
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Which structures are found in all types of living cells?
Cell membranes and cell walls
Cell walls and ribosomes
Ribosomes and cell membranes
Which organelles are found only in plant cells?
Chloroplasts
Mitochondria
Nuclei
What is wrong with this diagram of a plant cell?
Plant cells do not contain mitochondria
The nucleus and the chloroplast have been labelled the wrong way round
The cell wall and the nucleus have been incorrectly labelled
Which of the following is a function of the cell membrane?
Supporting the cell
Controlling the entry and exit of materials
Storing water
What is produced by ribosomes?
Carbon dioxide
Protein
Sugar
What are plasmids made of?
Proteins
Lipids
DNA
Which three structures in the diagram of the bacterial cell would also be found in fungal cells?
Cell membrane, large circular DNA molecule and ribosomes
Cell membrane, cell wall and ribosomes
Cell membrane, cell wall and plasmids
Click all of the cells where you would find mitochondria
Animal
Plant
Fungal
Bacterial
Which of the following cells does not contain a nucleus?
Animal
Plant
Bacterial
Fungal
Which cell structure is not found in all cell types?
Cell membrane
Mitochondria
Ribosomes
Cytoplasm
What is the function of cell structure F?
Traps light energy for photosynthesis
Site of aerobic respiration
Contains genetic information
Site of protein synthesis
What are the two main components of cell membranes?
Proteins and cellulose
Cellulose and phospholipids
Phospholipids and proteins
A glucose molecule diffuses out of a cell through the selectively permeable membrane. What is this an example of?
Active transport
Osmosis
Passive transport
What may happen to red blood cells placed in pure water?
They would burst
They would become turgid
They would shrink
Which structure can prevent a plant cell from bursting when it gains water by osmosis?
Cell membrane
Cell wall
Vacuole
What will happen when plant cells are placed in pure water?
They will burst
They will become plasmolysed
They will become turgid
What could cause a plant cell to become plasmolysed?
Gain of water
Loss of water
Vacuole swelling up
Which of the following processes requires energy to occur?
Osmosis
Passive transport
Active transport
A plant cell has been placed into a strong salt solution. Select all of the statements that will apply to this situation.
Water will move from a high water concentration inside the cell to a low water concentration outside of the cell.
Water will move from a high water concentration outside the cell to a low water concentration inside the cell.
Cell will become plasmolysed.
Cell will become turgid.
Vacuole will fill with water.
An animal cell has been placed into a strong salt solution. Select all of the statements that apply to this situation.
Water will move from a high water concentration inside the cell to a low water concentration outside the cell.
Water will move from a high water concentration outside the cell to a low water concentration inside the cell.
Cell will become plasmolysed.
Cell membrane will burst.
Cell will shrink.
Which of the following indicates the pathway of water through a plant?
root hair cell --> xylem --> stomata
stomata --> root hair cell --> xylem
xylem --> stomata --> root hair cell
Which statement describes the phloem transport system of plants?
It transports sugar and is lignified
It transports sugar and is not lignified
It transports water and is lignified
Which type of plant tissue transports water and minerals?
Meristem
Phloem
Xylem
Select all of the environmental factors that would increase transpiration.
Increased humidity
Increased wind speed
Increased temperature
Decreased surface area
Which label points to palisade mesophyll?
B
G
J
H
Which letter points to the leaf vein?
A
D
J
G
Which label points to the region where photosynthesis takes place?
A
B
I
D
Which label points to the transparent layer?
A
B
D
F
Which letter points to the guard cells?
H
I
J
G
Choose the two statements that indicate what would be happening in the plant when stomata are open.
Guard cells are turgid
Guard cells are plasmolysed
Transpiration increase
Transpiration decrease
Which transport process occurs during transpiration?
Diffusion
Osmosis
Active transport
Which statement correctly identifies the substance and direction it is transported in the xylem?
Water, only upwards
Glucose, only upwards
Water, up and down the plant
Glucose, up and down the plant
Which statement correctly identifies the substance and direction it is transported in the phloem?
Water, only upwards
Water, up and down the plant
Glucose, only upwards
Glucose, up and down the plant
Which of the following human characteristics shows discrete variation?
Blood group
Body mass
Height
What term describes a characteristic that is controlled by more than one gene?
Genotype
Heterozygous
Polygenic
What form of variation do polygenic characteristics show?
Continuous variation
Continuous and discrete variation
Discrete variation
What term can be used to describe a persons eye colour or a fruit fly's wing length?
Genotype
Phenotype
Polygenic
Which of the following genotypes represents a heterozygous organism?
TT
Tt
tt
What name is given to different forms of the same gene?
Alleles
Gametes
Genotypes
If a person inherits a dominant allele from one parent and a recessive allele from their other parent, which phenotype will they show?
Dominant only
Dominant and recessive
Recessive only
In a monohybrid cross what symbol is used to illustrate the first generation of offspring?
P
F1
F2
Select all of the characteristics that are the result of single gene inheritance.
Eye colour
Ear lobe attachment
Blood group
Height
If B = brown hair and b = blonde hair, what phenotype will a person with genotype Bb have?
Brown hair
Blonde hair
If two heterozygous individuals had a child, what are the chances of the child also being heterozygous?
0%
25%
50%
100%
If a heterozygous and a homozygous recessive individual had a child, what are the chances of the child being homozygous recessive?
0%
25%
50%
100%
If a heterozygous and a homozygous recessive individual had a child, what are the chances of the child being homozygous dominant?
0%
25%
50%
100%
"A group of organisms which can interbreed to produce fertile offspring" is the definition for:
Niche
Species
Habitat
Carnivore
What is intraspecific competition?
Competition between members of the same species
Competition between members of different species
Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor?
predation
grazing
temperature
disease
Where in the cell does photosynthesis happen?
Chloroplast
Chlorophyll
Cell wall
Vacuole
What gets produced in stage 2 of photosynthesis?
glucose
sugar
carbon dioxide
ATP
What is a random change in an organisms genetic material called?
natural selection
mutation
adaptations
biological control
What is the name given to Stage 2 of Photosynthesis?
Light Reactions
Carbon Fixation
Enzymes
Phloem
What is the name of Stage 1 of Photosynthesis?
Light Reactions
Carbon Fixation
Enzymes
Xylem
What is produced in Stage 1 and used in Stage 2
Water
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Light Energy
What cell structure captures light energy from the sun?
Chlorophyll
Chloroform
Chlorine
Centromere
What is added to Stage 2 from the atmosphere?
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Water
Carbon Dioxide
Which of the following could limit the rate of photosynthesis?
Light
Sunlight
Light Intensity
Carbon Dioxide
What is water split into?
Hydrogen and Oxygen
Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen and ATP
What the end product of photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide
Water
ATP
Sugar
What molecule is converted from sugar and used for storage?
Glucose
Starch
Cellulose
ATP
What is the cell wall made from?
Sugar
Protein
Phospholipids
Cellulose
Which technique would you use to sample small, slow-moving invertebrates and plants?
Pitfall trap
Light meter
Moisture meter
Quadrat
What technique can be used to sample small invertebrates?
Pitfall trap
quadrat
light meter
cup
Which word means the build up of toxic substances in a living organisms
Accumulate
DDT
Toxicity
Bio-accumulation
Which of the following is the definition for a pyramid of energy?
The number of organisms present at each level in a food chain
The energy present in each population at each level of a food chain
The mass of organisms present at each level of a food chain
The loss of energy in a food chain
What do farmers add to their soil to increase nitrate concentrations?
Nitrogen
Fertilisers
Pesticides
Fungicides
Which type of competition is the most intense?
Interspecific
Intraspecific
What things do animals compete for?
Light
Space
Food
Mates
Select 2 abiotic factors
predation
disease
light intensity
pH
An ecosystem is
A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile young
A natural biological unit made up of living and non-living parts
The place where an organism lives
All the living organisms that live within a habitat
The base A is complementary to...
T
C
G
A
Identify the statement/s which apply to mRNA
It is single stranded
It is double stranded
It carries an identical copy of DNA from the nucleus to the ribosome
It carries a complementary copy of DNA from the nucleus to the ribosome
The sequence of bases determines...
The sequence of amino acids
The sequence of proteins
The structure and function of proteins
The structure and function of amino acids
What are enzymes made of?
Amino acids
Glucose
Protein
Starch
Which best describes a degradation reaction?
Small molecules built up into large molecules
Large molecules broken down into small molecules
Molecules stay the same size
