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Worksheets6th Grade Under the Microscope Benchmark Assessment Part A
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 16mins
A group of students wants to know if nonliving things look different to living things. They decide to examine some different samples of living and nonliving things under their microscope.
Is this a living or nonliving thing?
Living
Nonliving
Is this a living or nonliving thing?
Living
Nonliving
Is this a living or nonliving thing?
Living
Nonliving
Is this a living or nonliving thing?
Living
Nonliving
Is this a living or Nonliving thing?
Living
Nonliving
Is this a living or nonliving thing?
Living
Nonliving
Is this a living or nonliving thing?
Living
Nonliving
Is this a living or nonliving thing?
Living
Nonliving
Living things
(a)
cells.
Nonliving things
__ ___ ____
cells.
(a)
Review all of the slides you have seen so far. Which slides show evidence of unicellular organisms?
How would the model be different if it were showing a plant cell?
There would be a second cell membrane to help the plant make its own nutrients.
There would be chloroplasts to convert air and water into carbohydrates.
There would be no mitochondria to provide the plant with proteins.
There would be no nucleus.
Which structure shown in the model contains genetic material and controls the cell’s functions?
Mitochondrion
Cell membrane
Cell wall
Nucleus
The model below shows two human body systems interacting.
Which two body systems are interacting in this model?
Circulatory and nervous
Muscular and respiratory
Nervous and muscular
Respiratory and circulatory
People use their hands for lots of activities every day, from tying shoelaces to playing musical instruments. Different body systems work together when we use our hands.
What are the main body systems involved when a hand picks up an object?
Is it one of the main systems used for picking up an object?
Muscular?
Yes
No
Is it one of the main systems used for picking up an object?
Digestive?
Yes
No
Is it one of the main systems used for picking up an object?
Nervous?
Yes
No
Is it one of the main systems used for picking up an object?
Excretory?
Yes
No
Use the models to help you identify and describe the main body systems within the human body.
Framework of the body, protects and supports body tissues and internal organs
Skeletal
Digestive
Nervous
Excretory
Use the models below to help you identify and describe the main body systems within the human body.
Organs responsible for the absorption of food for the purposes of energy release
Nervous
Skeletal
Digestive
Excretory
Use the models below to help you identify and describe the main body systems within the human body.
Network of nerve cells and fibres that transmit nerve impulses between parts of the body
Excretory
Digestive
Skeletal
Nervous
Use the models below to help you identify and describe the main body systems within the human body.
Removes excess fluids and unnecessary waste materials from the body
Excretory
Skeletal
Digestive
Nervous
The diagram below shows parts of the respiratory system in the human body.
What part of the respiratory system is number 1?
Tissue
Organism
Specialized Cell
System
Organ
The diagram below shows parts of the respiratory system in the human body.
What part of the respiratory system is number 2?
Specialized Cell
Organ
Tissue
Organism
System
The diagram below shows parts of the respiratory system in the human body.
What part of the respiratory system is number 3?
System
Specialized Cell
Organism
Organ
Tissue
The diagram below shows parts of the respiratory system in the human body.
What part of the respiratory system is number 4?
Specialized Cell
Tissue
Organ
System
Organism
The diagram below shows parts of the respiratory system in the human body.
What part of the respiratory system is number 5?
Specialized Cell
Organism
Tissue
System
Organ
Label two features of the animal cell model.
What feature is number 1?
Chloroplast
Cell Membrane
Mitochondrion
Cell Wall
Label two features of the animal cell model.
What feature is number 2?
Chloroplast
Mitochondrion
Cell Wall
Cell Membrane
