TEST 1 2018/19

YEAR 7

Name : __________________________ /50

Class : __________________________

Section A
Choose the correct answer. [15 marks]

1. Getting rid of waste is one of the life processes. What name is given to this process?
A Ingestion
B Nutrition
C Excretion

2. The location inside a cell where proteins are made is

A. Ribosomes
B. Cytoplasm
C. Nucleus

3. The part of a cell with genetic information is

A. Cell Membrane
B. Vacuole
C. Nucleus

4. In which part of a cell does respiration occur?

A. Chloroplasts
B. Ribosomes
C. Mitochondria

5. What is shown by the labelling line X?

A Cell wall
B Cell membrane
C Cytoplasm

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6. What is shown by the labelling line Y?

A Cytoplasm
B Nucleus
C Vacuole

7. What is the job of the nucleus?

A To control what substances go into and out of the cell
B To give a plant cell its shape
C To control what happens inside the cell

8. What is the job of the cell membrane?

A To control what substances go into and out of the cell
B To give a plant cell its shape
C To control what happens inside the cell

9. Which of these is only present in plant cells?

A Cell membrane
B Cell wall
C Nucleus

10. What is the job of the cell wall?

A To control what substances go into and out of the cell
B To give a plant cell its shape
C It is where photosynthesis happens

11. What sort of structure is the heart?

A A tissue
B An organ
C An organ system

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12. Which of these is an adaptation of a sperm cell?
A Cilia on the surface beat
B Tail that enable them to swim and fuse with the egg
C Large cytoplasm as a source of food

13. What name is given to cells in the trachea?

A Egg cell
B Root hair cells
C Ciliated cells

14. What type of microscope would you use to study living cells?
A Light microscope
B Transmission electron microscope
C Scanning electron microscope

15. To focus a specimen, it is best to start with which objective lens?

A x10
B x4
C x40

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Section B
Answer the following questions. [35 marks]

1. Label the parts using words from the box below.

A: ______________________________

B: ______________________________

C: ______________________________

D: ______________________________

E: ______________________________

F: ______________________________

G: ______________________________

H: ______________________________

course focusing wheel eyepiece lens fine focusing wheel

mirror objective lens slide stage

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2. Draw and label structure of plant cell.

[4]

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3. Fill in the blanks.

C____________ CELL • What is special about this cell?

_________________________________________
_________________________________________

• Where is this cell found?

__________________________
 What does it do?
_______________________________________

R______ H______ CELL

• What is special about this cell?
_________________________________________
_________________________________________

• Where is this cell found?

__________________________
 What does it do?
__________________________

R_____ B__________ CELL • What is special about this cell?

_________________________________________
_________________________________________

• Where is this cell found?

__________________________
 What does it do?
__________________________

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4. Name seven characteristics of living organism (signs of life). [4]
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

5. How do plants move? [2]

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

6. Complete the word equation of respiration below: [3]

_________________ + oxygen  __________________ + _________________ + energy

7. What is the difference between respiration and breathing? [2]

___________________________________________________________________________
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