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WorksheetsKS3 Term 1 Assessment
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 40mins
What is the function of carbohydrates?
Growth and repair
Primary energy source
Pushes food through the digestive system
Maintain good health
What is the correct definition of malnutrition?
Being underweight
Being overweight
Being obese
An unbalanced diet lacking in a specific nutrient
What is the function of fat?
Growth and repair
Primary source of energy
Insulation and energy store
Push food through the digestive system
Where does gas exchange occur in the lungs?
Trachea
Bronchi
Alveoli
Bronchioles
Which gas is transferred from the blood into the alveoli?
Oxygen
Carbon-dioxide
Nitrogen
Chlorine
How does exercise affect the body?
Increases the heart-rate
Decrease the heart-rate
Increases respiratory rate
Decreases respiratory rate
What is the function of protein in the diet?
Growth and repair
Energy store
Insulation
Helps digestion
What does inhalation mean?
Breathing in
Breathing out
What does exhalation?
Breathing in
Breathing out
What is the function of an enzyme?
To break things down
To speed up the rate of a reaction
To be a protein
To make sugar
Which organ in the body produces acid?
Liver
Spleen
Pancreas
Stomach
Name the process by which energy is released
Digestion
Breathing
Respiration
Photosynthesis
What is the smallest unit of life?
Tissue
Cell
Organ
Organ system
Chloroplast
Absorbs the sun’s energy to help make glucose for the plant (photosynthesis)
Contains a liquid called cell sap, which keeps the cell firm
Controls the movement of substances into and out of the cell
Jelly-like substance, where chemical reactions happen
What structures do plant cells have that animal cells do not?
mitochondria, nucleus, cell wall
cell wall, cytoplasm, vacuole
chloroplasts, mitochondria, vacuole
vacuole, chloroplasts, cell wall
cell membrane, cell wall, chloroplasts
what does this safety symbol mean?
flammable
light on fire
get the fire extinguisher
can burn your skin
what does this safety symbol mean?
irritant
impossible
impractical
can only be used by people with names starting with I
A variable you keep the same each time you carry out an experiment is called the...
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Control variable
A variable you change each time you carry out an experiment is called the...
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Control variable
A variable you measure each time you carry out an experiment is called the...
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Control variable
Which of the following should you include in a risk assessment?
List of hazards
Whether there is a high, medium or low risk from each hazard
Precautions you should take to avoid the hazard
All of these
what does this safety symbol mean?
may cause cancer
can destroy your skin
corrosive
caution
8.7: Combustion is when a __________ reacts with oxygen
petrol
fuel
fire triangle
carbon dioxide
Why did the candle go out ?
no more fuel was left
no more oxygen was left
no more carbon dioxide was left
no more heat was left
