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1st year Digestion, cells quiz

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 4hrs 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following explains digestion?

a)

It is the process of breaking down food into simple substance our body can absorb.

b)

It is the elimination of undigested food that were not absorb by the body.

c)

It is the absorption and circulation of nutrients in the body.

d)

It the process of supplying the cell with nutrients

2.

Which of the following practices is healthful for the digestive system?

a)

Having a diet high in fiber

b)

Eat on time and stay hydrated

c)

Limit foods that are high in fat.

d)

All of these

3.

Which of the following digestive organ absorbs the nutrients?

a)

esophagus

b)

mouth

c)

large intestine

d)

small intestine

4.

What substance that speed up the chemical reaction in digestion?

a)

enzymes

b)

digestive juices

c)

bile

d)

water

5.

What enzyme breaks down carbohydrates?

a)

Amylase

b)

Lipase

c)

Protease

6.

What organ produces the bile?

a)

gall bladder

b)

liver

c)

pancreas

d)

salivary gland

7.

What is this?

a)

cell wall

b)

cytoplasm

c)

vacuole

d)

chloroplast

8.

What is this?

a)

chloroplast

b)

vacuole

c)

cytoplasm

d)

nucelus

9.

What is this?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

nucleus

c)

vacuole

d)

cell membrane

10.

What is this?

a)

cell wall

b)

chloroplast

c)

cell membrane

d)

vacuole

11.

What type of cell is this?

a)

amoeba

b)

animal cell

c)

bacteria

d)

plant cell

12.

What is this?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

cell membrane

c)

cell wall

d)

nucleus

13.

What is this?

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

cytoplasm

d)

nucelus

14.

Which structures are found in animal and plant cells?

a)

vacuole, nucleus and cell membrane.

b)

Nucleus, cell wall and cytoplasm.

c)

nucleus, cell membrane and cytoplasm

d)

cell membrane, cell wall and chloroplast

15.

Which structures are present only in plant cells?

a)

cell membrane, nucleus and cytoplasm.

b)

cell wall, cell membrane and vacuole.

c)

Nucleus, chloroplast and cytoplasm.

d)

chloroplast, cell wall and vacuole.

16.

What is the function of the chloroplast?

a)

Controls the cells activities.

b)

Stores water and mineral ions.

c)

Where photosynthesis occurs.

d)

Control what enters and leaves the cell.

17.

What is the function of the cell membrane?

a)

supports and protects the cell

b)

controls the cells activities.

c)

controls what enters and leaves the cell.

d)

Site of chemical reactions.

18.

What is the function of the cell wall?

a)

Supports and protects the cell.

b)

Stores water

c)

Controls the cells activities

d)

Controls what enters and leaves the cell

19.

What is the function of the cytoplasm?

a)

Supports the cell

b)

controls the cells activities

c)

Where chemical reactions take place.

d)

stores water and mineral ions

20.

What specialised cell is this?

a)

Palisade cell

b)

Egg cell

c)

Sperm cell

d)

white blood cell

21.

What specialised cell is this?

a)

root hair cell

b)

sperm cells

c)

white blood cell

d)

red blood cell

22.

What is the function of a red blood cell?

a)

To help fight infections

b)

To carry carbon dioxide around the body

c)

To carry oxygen around the body

d)

To kill bacteria

23.

What is the function of a nerve cell?

a)

The site where respiration occurs

b)

To transmit electrical impulses around the body

c)

To absorb water

24.
1.What cells have fine hairs?
a)
Ciliated cells
b)
Root cells
c)
mouth cells
d)
red blood cells
25.
1.What cells carry electrical signals?
a)
Red blood cells
b)
Nerve cells
c)
Sperm cells
26.
What cells have NO nucleus?
a)
Leaf cells
b)
Animal cells
c)
Red blood cells
d)
egg cells
27.
 What is another name for a palisade cell?
a)
Egg cell
b)
Sperm Cell
c)
Leaf cell
d)
Animal cell
28.
The nucleus 
a)
contains genetic material
b)
is for respiration
c)
is for photosynthesis
d)
is for movement
29.
What cell is much larger than other animal cells?
a)
Egg cell
b)
Sperm cell
c)
Leaf cell
d)
Root hair cell
30.
What cell carries the father’s genetic information?
a)
Sperm cell
b)
Egg cell
c)
Leaf cell
d)
Red blood cell
31.
Mitochondria are used for...
a)
Collecting sunlight
b)
Containing genetic material
c)
Respiration
d)
Collecting water
32.

Which type of cells are able to make their own food?

a)

Animal cells only

b)

Plant cells only

c)

Both animal and plant cells

d)

Fungi cells

33.

What type of cell is this?

a)

nerve cell

b)

egg cell

c)

sperm cell

d)

red blood cell

34.

What type of cell is this?

a)

red blood cell

b)

white blood cell

c)

nerve cell

d)

egg cell

35.

What type of cell is this?

a)

leaf (palisade) cell

b)

egg cell

c)

nerve cell

d)

bacterium

36.

What type of cell is this?

a)

white blood cell

b)

sperm cell

c)

egg cell

d)

leaf (palisade) cell

37.

What type of cell is this?

a)

nerve cell

b)

muscle cell

c)

bacterium

d)

sperm cell

38.

What is the function of red blood cell?

a)

Transport nutrients

b)

Transport oxygen

39.

What makes blood cells appear red?

a)

They contain red dye

b)

They contain red pigment (haemoglobin)

c)

They reflect red light

d)

All of the above

40.

What cell is this?

a)

Animal cell

b)

Plant cell

41.

What is the function of chloroplast?

a)

To provide genetic information

b)

To capture light so that they can make food

42.

This is a ?

a)

Nerve cell

b)

Root hair cell

43.

Nerve cells communicate through?

a)

Electrical Impulses

b)

Blood movement

44.

What mineral sticks to the bone cells?

a)

Kalium

b)

Calcium

45.

White fat cells acts as a?

a)

Insulator

b)

Heat generator

46.

What type of cells are these?

a)

red blood cells

b)

nerve cells (neurons)

c)

muscle cells

d)

skin cells

47.
Which of the following is a plant cell?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
48.

The main function of the following cell is

a)

Pollination

b)

Ovulation

c)

Implanation

d)

Fertilisation

49.

Which part of a plant is this cell found in?

a)

flower

b)

roots

c)

stem

d)

leaf

50.

What is the job of this specialised cell?

a)

To carry oxygen around the body

b)

To carry nitrogen around the body

c)

To fertilise an egg

d)

Draw more water from the soil

51.

Animal or plant cell?

a)

animal

b)

plant

52.

How are red blood cells adapted for their job?

a)

No nucleus to make more space for oxygen

b)

no chloroplasts

c)

no cell wall

d)

long tail to help them swim

53.

How are sperm cellls adapted for their job?

a)

tail to help them swim to an egg

b)

no nucleus to make them light

c)

no cell wall

d)

high surface area

54.

What is a Specialised cell? (Tick all that apply)

a)

A cell that is adapted to do a certain job in the body

b)

An Unspecialised cell

c)

A cell that has been modified/changed to do a certain job

d)

A type of white blood cell

55.

A specialised cell is a cell that has ...

a)

the ability to divide/ replicate

b)

a specific function

c)

no specific function in the body

d)

the ability to differentiate/ specialise

56.
What is the total magnification of a microscope with two lenses when one lens has a magnification of 10x, and the other lens has a magnification of 30x?
a)
15x
b)
30x
c)
40x
d)
300x
57.
A microscope is an instrument that.
a)
makes faraway objects look closer.
b)
makes small objects appear larger.
c)
decreases the size of small objects.
d)
increases the size of small objects.
58.
When you focus on a new specimen, always begin with
a)
low power and coarse adjustment.
b)
low power and fine adjustment
c)
high power and coarse adjustment
d)
high power and fine adjustment
59.
If your teacher asks you to move a microscope to table, how do you carry it?
a)
by the body tube and the eyepiece
b)
with one hand
c)
one hand on the arm and the other under the base
d)
with one hand on the base and the other on the eyepiece.
60.
Which part of the microscope controls the amount of light available?
a)
coarse adjustment knob
b)
diaphragm
c)
objective lens
d)
revolving nosepiece
61.
Which part lets you turn up the power of magnification, such increasing from 40x to 100x?
a)
coarse adjustment knob
b)
diaphragm
c)
field-of-view
d)
revolving nosepiece
62.
What is part 1?
a)
eye piece
b)
body tube
c)
arm
d)
coarse adjust
63.
What part is 3?
a)
eye piece
b)
base
c)
arm 
d)
coarse adjust
64.
What part is 5?
a)
coarse adjustment
b)
fine adjustment
c)
diaphragm
d)
stage
65.
What is part 11?
a)
coarse adjustment
b)
fine adjustment
c)
diaphragm
d)
stage
66.

Which part connects to the base and supports the microscope head?

a)

back

b)

spine

c)

arm

d)

handle

67.

Which part supports the microscope?

a)

base

b)

bottom

c)

stand

d)

foot

68.

The primary optical lenses on a microscope are called ___

a)

condensors

b)

objective lenses

c)

stage clips

d)

ocular lenses

69.

Which part holds the eyepiece in place above the objective lens?

a)

condensor

b)

objective lense

c)

barrel

d)

body tube

70.

The specimen slide is placed on the ___

a)

platform

b)

table

c)

stage

d)

base

71.

Typically located in the base of the microscope, it provides light:

a)

condensor

b)

illuminator

c)

diaphragm

d)

adjustment knob

72.

Identify the microscope part:

a)

revolving nosepiece

b)

coarse focus knob

c)

diaphragm

d)

fine focus knob

73.

The lens assembly with the longest body is the ___

a)

low power objective

b)

high power objective

c)

low power ocular

d)

high power ocular

74.

These are used to hold the slide in place:

a)

rotating nosepiece

b)

objective lenses

c)

stage clips

d)

adjustment knobs

75.

The lens assembly with the shortest body is the ___

a)

low power objective

b)

high power objective

c)

low power ocular

d)

high power ocular

76.

Identify the microscope part:

a)

revolving nosepiece

b)

coarse focus knob

c)

diaphragm

d)

fine focus knob

77.

Using a 10x eyepiece and a 40x objective would give a total magnification of ___

a)

40x

b)

50x

c)

400x

d)

500x

78.

When transporting the microscope it should be held at the ___

a)

arm and body tube

b)

base and stage

c)

base and arm

d)

arm and stage

79.

A thin flat piece of glass used to hold objects for examination is called a ___

a)

sheet

b)

slide

c)

cover slip

d)

objective