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Formative Assessment Unit 7.2 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Another word for taking in nutrition is …

(a)  

2.

Polar bears can sense things in their environment. With their nose they can sense the … of meat.

(a)  

3.

Animals excrete waste substances. They excrete … when they breathe out.

(a)  

4.

Living organisms … to make more of the same kind of organism.

(a)  

5.

Young plants and animals get bigger. This is called …

(a)  

6.

The process where food is broken down to release energy is called …

(a)  

7.

The ability of living things to change the shape and position of their bodies is called …

(a)  

8.

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of living organisms?

a)

Sensitivity

b)

Excretion

c)

Growth

d)

Photosyntesis

9.

Viruses cannot be seen with an ordinary microscope but need …

a)

A light microscope

b)

An electron microscope

c)

A hand lens

d)

A telescope

10.

Viruses are not made of …

a)

RNA

b)

Cells

c)

Protein

d)

Coats

11.

The outer layer of a virus is called a …

a)

Protein coat

b)

Cell wall

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Nucleus

12.

On the outside of a virus, there are little …

a)

Threads

b)

Pegs

c)

Hairs

d)

Spikes

13.

Inside a virus there is … that carries coded instructions.

a)

DNA

b)

Protein

c)

RNA

d)

Fat

14.

Viruses cannot act on their own because they do not …

a)

Grow, feed, respire, or move

b)

Stick, attach, copy, or divide

c)

Build, digest, excrete, or breathe

d)

Multiply, sense, see, or hear

15.

To reproduce, viruses must enter a …

a)

Living cell

b)

Protein coat

c)

Microscope

d)

Dead tissue

16.

Once inside a cell, viruses copy the instructions on their …

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

RNA

c)

Protein coat

d)

Pegs

17.

When new viruses burst out of a dying cell, this process is called …

a)

Infection

b)

Replication

c)

Respiration

d)

Mutation

18.

The H3N2 virus is a kind of …

a)

Influenza virus

b)

Plant virus

c)

Bacterial virus

d)

Covid virus

19.

The new coronavirus discovered in 2019 is officially named …

a)

SARS-CoV-2

b)

H3N2

c)

Covid-21

d)

Influenza B

20.

Scientists are working on ways to prevent viral infections through …

a)

Vaccination and drugs

b)

Movement and growth

c)

Food and water

d)

Protein and fats