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Level 3 - end of year quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To see a cell membrane clearly, I'd need to use

a)

an electron microscope

b)

a light microscope

c)

a telescope

d)

a magnifying glass

2.

I'm a single-celled prokaryote with a circular loop of DNA. I have a flagellum to help me move, and a strong cell wall. What am I?

a)

A virus

b)

A bacterium

c)

A fungus

d)

An alien

3.

I am part of a multi-cellular organism. I contain a vacuole and chloroplasts. My cell wall is made of cellulose. What am I?

a)

A liver cell

b)

An animal cell

c)

A bacterium

d)

A plant cell

4.

In leaves, gas exchange mainly occurs in the

a)

palisade mesophyll

b)

spongy mesophyll

c)

epidermis

d)

xylem

5.

Name the pores in a plant leaf that allow air to enter by diffusion

(a)  

6.

Which answer correctly describes how plants transport substances?

a)

Water in the phloem and nutrients in the xylem

b)

Water in the xylem and nutrients in the phloem

c)

Starch and glucose in the phloem, mineral ions in the xylem

d)

Sucrose in the phloem and oxygen in the xylem

7.

Tick all the features of an arthropod

a)

Jointed legs

b)

Segmented body

c)

Warm-blooded

d)

Can only reproduce asexually

e)

Exoskeleton

8.

You find an unknown species. It has hair, gives birth to live young and feeds them with milk. It is warm-blooded. You conclude that it is

a)

An invertebrate

b)

An arthropod

c)

A mammal

d)

A reptile

e)

A vertebrate

9.

Name the organelles in which aerobic respiration occurs

(a)  

10.

Where are proteins made in the cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Vacuole

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Ribosomes

11.

Diffusion occurs

a)

in water only

b)

from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration

c)

from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration

d)

only across a partially-permeable membrane

12.

One of these facts about active transport is INCORRECT - which one?

a)

It requires transport proteins

b)

It moves molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration

c)

It goes against the concentration gradient

d)

It requires energy

13.

Lipids are broken down into ______________ and ______________

(a)  

14.

Tick the correct answer, showing the digestion of complex carbs into simple sugars

a)

Glucose --> Starch --> Maltose

b)

Starch --> Maltose --> Glucose

c)

Starch --> Glucose --> Maltose

d)

Starch --> Sucrose --> Glucose

15.

Name the organ that produces lipase and amylase enzymes

a)

Liver

b)

Pancreas

c)

Small intestine

d)

Gall bladder

16.

Bile (a)   fats, breaking the large droplets into tiny ones

17.

Enzymes can be (a)   by high temperatures or extreme pH.

18.

The action of bile speeds up the digestion of lipids because

a)

it increases the surface area of the fat droplets, so the enzymes can digest them more rapidly

b)

bile begins the process of chemical digestion

c)

bile is acidic, and lipase has an acidic optimum pH

19.

Which is the balanced chemical equation for photosynthesis:

a)

C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 6CO2 + 6H2O

b)

6CO2 + 6H2O --> C6H12O6 + 6O2

c)

6CO2 + C6H12O6 --> 6O2 + 6H20

20.

What is oxygen debt? Tick the correct answer

a)

The extra oxygen needed to break down lactic acid that accumulated during anaerobic respiration

b)

What we get when we inhale and exhale rapidly

c)

Caused by too much aerobic respiration

d)

Produced by lactic acid building up in the muscles during aerobic respiration

21.

One of these factors does NOT increase the rate of transpiration

a)

Increased humidity

b)

Larger surface area

c)

Open stomata

d)

Increased air movement

e)

Increased temperature

22.

Name the tiny hair-like structures inside the bronchi, which move trapped particles out of the lungs

(a)