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Unit 2. The Byosphere (I). Pages 28-31

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Factors that make life on Earth possible:

(a)  

2.

Non-living things are made of:

a)

Organic matter

b)

Inorganic matter

c)

inorganic leftovers

d)

Organic leftovers

3.

The elements that form part of the living things are called:

(a)  

4.

What bioelements are the most abundant?

a)

Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide

b)

Oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and sulfur

c)

Nitrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen and Lithium

d)

Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon

5.

Biomolecules may be:

(a)  

6.

Life processes that are common to all living things on Earth:

(a)  

7.

There are two types of nutrition:

(a)  

8.

They are stored and function as an energy reserve. They also contribute to cell structure.

a)

Lipids

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Nucleic acids

d)

Proteins

9.

They are needed for growth and to maintain and repair the body cells, tissues and organs.

a)

Lipids

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Proteins

d)

Nucleic acids

10.

Heterotrophs that can obtain nutrients from dead organic matter:

(a)  

11.

It enables living things to obtain energy (through the brekdown or descomposition of substances) to stay alive:

a)

Respiration

b)

Excretion

c)

Transfusions

d)

Nutrition

12.

Process through which living things remove waste materials:

(a)  

13.

Changes in temperature and humidity are examples of changes in the environment. An example of a change in a living thing is hunger.These are called:

a)

Stimuli

b)

Responses

c)

Answers

d)

Tumili

14.

Animals have sense organs to receive____________and sense organs to respond to them. Some organs are __________ which bring about the response.

(a)  

15.

The coordination between stimuly and response is controlled by:

(a)  

16.

Chemical substances that act as messengers between cells:

a)

The postman

b)

Oxygen

c)

Hormones

d)

Nucleic acids

17.

It is the creation of new individuals with similar traits to their parents:

(a)  

18.

It happens when a single living thing reproduces itself

(a)  

19.

Species in which the male reproductive organs and the female reproductive organs are found in separate organisms.

a)

Dioecious

b)

Monoecious

c)

Hermaphroditic

d)

Binary fission

20.

Reproduction that requires two individuals of different sexes.

(a)  

21.

Lots of microorganisms reproduce ASEXUALLY by

a)

BInary fusion

b)

Gametes

c)

BInary fission

d)

MInary fission

22.

Species that have both male and female reproductive organs together are called:

(a)  

23.

Two individuals of different sexes who have sexual reproduction produce specialised cells known as:

a)

Gametes

b)

Pseudopods

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Cytoplasm

24.

Species that have male and female reproductive organs, but they are not located together.

(a)  

25.

Autotrophic organisms transform inorganic substances into organic matter. This requires energy which is acquired through light. This process is called:

a)

Photography

b)

Philosynthesis

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Photosynthia