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cell, blood, respiration

Total questions: 115

Worksheet time: 5hrs 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

TRUE or FALSE:

All living things are made up of cells.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

A cell is...

a)

the basic unit of structure and function in living organisms

b)

an organism

c)

a basic part of everything that we see

d)

found only in animals, not plants

3.

The jelly-like fluid inside the cell holds the organelles in place.

a)

cytoplasm

b)

chloroplasts

c)

cell membrane

d)

mitochondria

4.

cell wall

a)

makes food for the plant using photosynthesis

b)

outer barrier/support for a plant cell

c)

stores water and nutrients for a plant cell

5.

The control center of the cell. It houses DNA.

a)

nucleus

b)

nucleolus

c)

mitochondria

d)

cell membrane

6.

A vacuole

a)

makes food for the plant using photosynthesis

b)

outer barrier/support for a plant cell

c)

stores water, food, and waste for a plant cell

7.

What separates the inside of the cell from the outside environment and lets some materials pass in and out of the cell?

a)

Cell wall

b)

Cytoskeleton

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Cell membrane

8.

This is where photosynthesis occurs, using sunlight to convert air and water into sugar. It gives plants their green color.

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Cytoplasm

9.

Which organelle is responsible for producing the power or energy needed in the cell? This is analogous to a city's power company.

a)

mitochondrion

b)

cell membrane

c)

nucleus

d)

organelle

10.

The diagram below shows a typical plant cell and some of its parts. Which three parts of the cell indicate that this diagram represents a plant cell and not an animal cell?

a)

Cell wall, cell membrane, large vacuole

b)

Nucleus, cell wall, chloroplast

c)

Cell wall, large vacuole, chloroplast

d)

Chloroplast, cell membrane, large vacuole

11.

Which part of a cell stores food, water, and waste?

a)

Vacuole

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Cytoplasm

12.

The outer layer of a cell controls what goes in and out of the cell.

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Cell membrane

c)

Vacuole

13.

Which of the following is a plant cell?

a)
b)
14.

What is a cell?

a)

The basic unit of structure and function in living organisms

b)

An organism

c)

A basic part of everything that we see

d)

Found only in animals, not plants

15.

How do the functions of the nucleus differ from those of the cell membrane?

a)

The nucleus converts food energy, while the cell membrane stores minerals and wastes.

b)

The nucleus controls the activities of the cell, while the cell membrane controls what enters and exits the cell.

c)

The nucleus provides support, while the cell membrane converts carbon dioxide and water into food.

d)

The nucleus stores food and water, while the cell membrane stores chemicals used by the cell for photosynthesis.

16.

What is the difference between eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells?

a)

Only eukaryotic cells have a cell membrane.

b)

Only prokaryotic cells have cytoplasm.

c)

Only eukaryotic cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.

d)

Only prokaryotic cells have genetic material.

17.

Which diagram best represents the levels of organization?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

What is the gel-like fluid inside all cells called?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Vacuole

c)

Cytoplasm

19.

This is an example of ........

a)

cell

b)

tissue

c)

organ

d)

organ system

20.

I am only found in a plant cell. What am I?

a)

Cell wall

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Chloroplast

21.

Which part of the cell releases energy from food?

a)

mitochondrion

b)

phloem

c)

cytoplasm

d)

vacuole

22.

What do the mitochondria do?

a)

Takes sugar molecules and bakes a cake ;)

b)

Breaks sugar molecules down into energy, CO2, and water. This process is called Cellular Respiration.

c)

Creates sugar out of energy, CO2, and water.

23.

Nucleus

a)

Animal Cells

b)

Plant Cells

c)

Both

24.

Chloroplast

a)

Animal Cells

b)

Plant Cells

c)

Both

25.

Smaller Vacuole

a)

Animal Cells

b)

Plant Cells

c)

Both

26.

Cell Membrane

a)

Animal Cells

b)

Plant Cells

c)

Both

27.

Capable of making its own food

a)

Animal Cells

b)

Plant Cells

c)

Both

28.

Which is not part of the Animal Cell?

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Cell Wall

c)

Golgi apparatus

d)

Ribosome

29.

What carries oxygen around the body?

a)

Plasma

b)

Red blood cells

c)

White blood cells

d)

Platelets

30.

What causes the blood to be the distinct red color?

a)

Haemoglobin

b)

Oxygen

c)

Glucose

d)

Hormones

31.

What is the function (job) of white blood cells?

a)

To transport oxygen around the body.

b)

To carry dissolved sugars.

c)

To clot and cover wounds like cuts and grazes.

d)

To release antibodies to help destroy infections.

32.

What is the function (job) of the plasma?

a)

To release antibodies to fight infections.

b)

To transport oxygen around the body.

c)

To carry dissolved nutrients and sugars.

d)

To transport carbon dioxide away from the body.

33.

What is the function of red blood cells?

a)

To transport oxygen around the body and to the muscles.

b)

To release antibodies to fight infections.

c)

To carry dissolved nutrients and sugars.

d)

To clot and form scabs if there is a wound on the body.

34.

What is plasma?

a)

Only white blood cells

b)

Fluid part of blood

c)

Hemoglobin

d)

Only red blood cells

35.

Which cells receive oxygen from red blood cells?

a)

All cells

b)

Only muscle cells

c)

Only skin cells

d)

Only bone cells

36.

Red blood cells contain _________ that is red and gives blood its color. It links up with oxygen and carries this oxygen to all parts of the body.

a)

Myoglobin

b)

Red Ferrine

c)

Plasma

d)

Hemoglobin

37.

Plasma is 90% _____ and is beige in color. Plasma contains digested food, chemicals, and waste products.

These substances are carried to and from the cells by the plasma.

a)

Red blood cells

b)

Platelets

c)

Water

d)

Minerals

38.

What is the function (job) of white blood cells?

a)

To transport oxygen around the body.

b)

To carry dissolved sugars.

c)

To clot and cover wounds like cuts and grazes.

d)

To release antibodies to help destroy infections.

39.

What is the function (job) of red blood cells?

a)

To transport oxygen around the body and to the muscles.

b)

To release antibodies to fight infections.

c)

To carry dissolved nutrients and sugars.

d)

To clot and form scabs if there is a wound on the body.

40.

What is blood made of?

a)

oxygen and plasma

b)

red blood cells and white blood cells

c)

plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

d)

plasma and platelets

41.

What is the function of the lungs?

a)

organs where gas exchange takes place.

b)

organs where blood is filtered.

c)

organs where blood is pumped around the body.

d)

organ where food is broken down into molecules that the body can use.

42.

What is the function of the trachea?

a)

It is the tube that air travels down after the bronchi. Another name is the throat.

b)

It is the tube that air travels down to the lungs. Another name is the windpipe.

c)

It is the tube that air travels down after the nose. Another name is the windpipe.

d)

It is the tube that air travels down after the pharynx. Another name is the throat.

43.

What is the pathway that air follows throughout the body?

a)

Nose -> Trachea -> Bronchi -> Pharynx -> Lungs -> Alveoli

b)

Nose -> Bronchi -> Pharynx -> Trachea -> Lungs -> Alveoli

c)

Nose -> Trachea -> Alveoli -> Bronchi -> Lungs

d)

Nose -> Trachea -> Bronchi -> Lungs -> Alveoli

44.

Muscle that helps your lungs pull in air and push it out.

a)

diaphragm

b)

alveoli

c)

heart

d)

trachea

45.

During exhaling, the diaphragm ______

a)

contracts and moves downward

b)

constricts

c)

relaxes and moves upward

d)

dilates

46.

Which of the following shows what happens to the chest cavity when air rushes into the lungs?

a)

decrease in volume

b)

deflates

c)

expands

d)

relaxes

47.

What are the tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles that transfer oxygen into the bloodstream?

a)

Trachea

b)

Bronchi

c)

Alveoli

d)

Larynx

48.

What is the name of the two main branches of the trachea (one to each lung)?

a)

bronchi

b)

alveoli

c)

capillaries

d)

bronchioles

49.

Which muscle is involved in breathing?

a)

diaphragm

b)

biceps

c)

abdominal

50.

Which is the correct spelling for the muscle below the lungs that is involved in breathing?

a)

diaphragm

b)

diaphram

c)

diafram

51.

You have 2 bronchi, each one is called a _____________.

a)

bronchiole

b)

bronchus

c)

bronchioley

52.

What do the cilia do?

a)

Catch dust and microbes

b)

Waft mucus and trapped dust and microbes up and out of the lungs

c)

Help the cells lining the windpipe move about

53.

Why is mucus produced in the lungs?

a)

To help you cough

b)

To trap microbes to reduce the chance of infection

c)

To help the air move in and out

54.

Many chemicals in cigarettes are considered carcinogenic because they cause what?

a)

Emphysema

b)

Cancer

c)

Heart disease

d)

Liver Failure

55.

Smoking interferes with the lungs' ability to provide what to the rest of the body?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Ammonia

c)

Water

d)

Carbon dioxide

56.

Suggest the effect of long term smoking on the amount of oxygen transported in someone's blood?

a)

Decreased

b)

Increased

57.

The air gets into the lungs through the bronchioles. Bronchioles end in little bags called...

a)

Alveolus

b)

Bronchioles

c)

Bronchi

d)

Lungs

58.

The trachea is a tube that divides into two smaller tubes called _____

a)

Bronchi

b)

Nostrils

c)

Lungs

59.

Respiratory system present in .........

a)

Chest cavity

b)

Abdominal cavity

c)

Mouth cavity

d)

Nasal cavity

60.

What is the process of respiration?

a)

Breathing

b)

The release of energy from food

c)

Inhalation

d)

Oxygen transfer

61.

What is the process of breathing in also called?

a)

Respiration

b)

Exhalation

c)

Combustion

d)

Inhalation

62.

What is the process of breathing out also called?

a)

Respiration

b)

Exhalation

c)

Combustion

d)

Inhalation

63.

What substance do we need to breathe in?

a)

Water

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Carbon monoxide

64.

What are the tiny air sacs on the surface of the lungs?

a)

Alveolus

b)

Capillaries

c)

A-Levels

d)

Alveoli

65.

What is the name of the body's fuel?

a)

Protein

b)

Oxygen

c)

Glucose

d)

Carbon dioxide

66.

Cellular Respiration takes place in ________________ cell organelles

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Nucleus

c)

Cytoplasm

67.

Exchange of gases takes place in the ___________ part of the lungs

a)

Bronchi

b)

Bronchiole

c)

Alveoli

68.
Where is the bronchi?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
69.
What is this?
a)
Trachea
b)
Vocal Cord
c)
Aveoli
d)
Pharynx
70.
What is the function of the bronchi?
a)
Transport air from nose to lungs
b)
Transport air from trachea to lungs
c)
Transport air from lungs to alveoli
d)
Transport air from alveoli to blood
71.
What is the equation for respiration?
a)
carbon dioxide + water --> oxygen + glucose
b)
food + energy --> oxygen + water
c)
oxygen + glucose --> carbon dioxide + water 
d)
Carbon dioxide + glucose --> water + oxygen
72.
What is the equation for photosynthesis?
a)
carbon dioxide + water --> oxygen + glucose
b)
food + energy --> oxygen + water
c)
oxygen + glucose --> carbon dioxide + water 
d)
Carbon dioxide + glucose --> water + oxygen
73.

Respiration is a vital function that all living things carry out.

a)

True

b)

False

74.

Respiration takes place in

a)

the cells

b)

the lungs

c)

the heart

d)

the brain

75.

Is respiration the same as breathing?

a)

Yes

b)

No

76.

Cigarettes and e-cigarettes both contain:

a)

Nicotine

b)

Tobacco

c)

Rat poison

d)

Tar

77.

B7.2 What is missing from this word equation for respiration: oxygen + ____________ --> carbon dioxide + water

a)

water

b)

nitrogen dioxide

c)

glucose

d)

oxygen

78.

B7.3 What is diffusion?

a)

Movement

b)

Movement of particles from a low concentration to a high concentration

c)

Movement of particles from a low concentration to a high concentration across a partially permeable membrane

d)

Movement of particles from a high concentration to a low concentration across a partially permeable membrane

79.

B7.3 What is needed for diffusion to take place

a)

A concentration gradient

b)

Energy

c)

carrier proteins

d)

water

80.

B7.4 which organ is not in the respiratory system

a)

stomach

b)

lungs

c)

trachea

d)

Bronchi

81.

B7.4 Which organ is involved in respiration

a)

Trachea

b)

heart

c)

small intestine

d)

liver

82.

B7.5 What is the function of the lungs

a)

To breathe

b)

To exchange gases (respiration)

c)

To inflate

d)

To photosynthesize

83.

B7.8 What happens to breathing rate when you exercise

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

84.

B7.8 Why does your breathing rate increase when you exercise?

a)

more oxygen is picked up at the lungs for delivery to the working muscles

b)

less oxygen is picked up at the lungs for delivery to the working muscles

c)

your muscles are resting

d)

your lungs need more energy to function

85.

B7.9 Why does your heart rate increase when doing exercise

a)

To deliver more blood to the working muscles

b)

To deliver more oxygen to the working muscles as oxygen is transported in the blood stream

c)

It doesn't increase

d)

To deliver more carbon dioxide to the working muscles as carbon dioxide is transported in the bloodstream

86.

This is a ?

a)

Nerve cell

b)

Root hair cell

87.

Nerve cells communicate through?

a)

Electrical Impulses

b)

Blood movement

88.

We sense our surrounding, and nerve impulses are sent to the (a)   (organ) to be processed before a response can be given out.

89.

What mineral sticks to the bone cells?

a)

Kalium

b)

Calcium

90.

Where can you find fat cells in your body?

a)

Beneath the skin

b)

Surrounding the organ

c)

In between muscles

d)

All of the above

91.

White fat cells acts as a?

a)

Insulator

b)

Heat generator

92.

What is the function of root hair cells?

a)

absorb water and mineral salts

b)

transport water and mineral salts

c)

transport oxygen

d)

provide mechanical support

93.

How are red blood cells adapted to perform their function? You may choose more than 1 option.

a)

long and narrow extension

b)

no protoplasm

c)

no nucleus

d)

contain haemoglobin

94.

Select the neurones

a)

b)

c)

d)

95.

Which part of a plant is this cell found in?

a)

flower

b)

roots

c)

stem

d)

leaf

96.

What type of cells are adapted to perform a specific function?

a)

All cells

b)

Animal cells

c)

Plant cells

d)

Specialised cells

97.

How is a leaf cell adapted for absorbing light efficiently?

a)

It has a cellulose cell wall

b)

It has a large vacuole

c)

It has lots of chloroplasts

d)

It has a large nucleus

98.

Which structure in a plant cell would you not find in a root hair cell?

a)

Cell wall

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Vacuole

d)

Cell membrane

99.

How is a plant root hair cell adapted for absorbing water from the soil efficiently?

a)

It has many chloroplasts

b)

It has lots of mitochondria

c)

It has a large surface area

d)

It has a large vacuole

100.

Suggest the job of a cell that has lots of folds on its surface, giving it a large surface area

a)

Absorption

b)

Movement

c)

Protection

d)

Secretion

101.

What is a tissue?

a)

A group of different cells performing the same function

b)

A group of similar cells performing the same function

c)

A group of different cells performing the same function

d)

A group of different cells performing different functions

102.

What is an organ?

a)

A group of similar tissues performing the same function

b)

A group of similar tissues performing different functions

c)

A group of different tissues performing the same function

d)

A group of different tissues performing different functions

103.
 What is another name for a palisade cell?
a)
Egg cell
b)
Sperm Cell
c)
Leaf cell
d)
Animal cell
104.
Which diagram shows a plant cell?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
105.

What type of cell is this?

a)

red blood cell

b)

white blood cell

c)

nerve cell

d)

egg cell

106.

What type of cell is this?

a)

Ovum (Egg Cell)

b)

Sperm Cell

c)

Myocyte (Muscle Cell)

d)

Cancer Cell

107.

What type of cell is this?

a)

White Blood Cell

b)

Red Blood Cell

c)

Red Nerve Cell

d)

Bone Cell

108.

What type of cell is this?

a)

Ovum (Egg Cell)

b)

Plant Cell

c)

Cancer Cell

d)

Sperm Cell

109.

What type of cell is this?

a)

white blood cell

b)

sperm cell

c)

egg cell

d)

leaf (palisade) cell

110.

What type of cells are these?

a)

muscle cells

b)

ciliated cells

c)

nerve cell

d)

root hair cells

111.

What is the name for this cell?

a)

Egg

b)

Sperm Cell

c)

Palisade Cell

d)

Ciliated Cell

112.

How is a sperm cell adapted?

a)

It has a tail, so can swim towards the egg

b)

It has no nucleus

c)

It has lots of chloroplasts

d)

It has lots of branches

113.

What adaptation does a root hair cell have

a)

Lots of chloroplasts for photosynthesis

b)

It has animal cell parts

c)

It can eat worms

d)

Long extension of the cell wall to absorb water and nutrients

114.

Ciliated cells...

a)

in the lungs help to trap and remove dust and germs

b)

in the lungs kill viruses

c)

are found in the human brain

d)

have a double membrane around their cell

115.

Palisade cells are found in...

a)

human hearts

b)

paliotic cells in the kidney

c)

the surface of leaves to carry out photosynthesis

d)

viruses that cause disease