KS3 Year 8

1. Which structures are present in animal and plant cells?

A) Vacuole, nucleus and cell membrane

B) Nucleus, cell wall, cytoplasm

C) Nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm

D) Cell membrane, chloroplast, cell wall

2. Which structures are present only in plant cells?

A) Cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm

B) Cell wall, cell membrane, vacuole

C) Nucleus, chloroplast, cytoplasm

D) Chloroplast, cell wall, vacuole

3. What is the function of the chloroplast?

A) Controls the cell

B) Stores water and mineral ions

C) Makes glucose by photosynthesis

D) Controls what enters and leaves the cell

4. What is the function of the cell membrane?

A) Supports and protects the cell

B) Controls the cell

C) Controls what enters and leaves the cell

D) Metabolic reactions occur here

5. What is the function of the cell wall?

A) Supports and protects the cell

B) Stores water and mineral ions

C) Controls the cell

D) Controls what enters and leaves the cell

6. What is the function of the cytoplasm?

A) Stores water and mineral ions

B) Metabolic reactions occur here

C) Controls what enters and leaves the cell

D) Supports the cell

7. What is the function of the nucleus?

A) Supports and protects the cell

B) Controls the cell

C) Controls what enters and leaves the cell

D) Metabolic reactions occur here

8. The two cells illustrated below show a typical:

A) Red blood cell and root hair cell

B) Ciliated cell and xylem vessel

C) Liver cell and palisade cell

D) Muscle cell and mesophyll cell

15. Which of the following is TRUE?

A) only plant cells have a cell wall

B) all plant cells contain chloroplasts

C) all cells have a nucleus

D) all cells contain cytoplasm

16. Tissue is a structure made of many cells performing a similar function and different tissues do different jobs. Which tissue carries electrical signals to and from the brain?

A) muscle

B) skin

C) blood vessel

D) nerve

17. Which of the following organs of a plant absorb water and minerals nutrients?

A) flowers

B) roots

C) leaves

D) stem

18. Which cell transfers genetic information from the mother to the offspring?

A) cell 3

B) cell 1

C) cell 5

D) cell 4

19. Which of the following phrases best matches the word nucleus?

A) it gives plants cells extra strength to their shape

B) small green structures in plant cells

C) a large sugary liquid filled space in a plant cell

D) it controls the cell's activities

21. Which of the following phrases best matches the word vacuole?

A) small green structures in plant cells

B) most of the liquid in an animal cell

C) a large sugary liquid filled space in a plant cell

D) it controls the cell's activities

22.

Which of the following is a red blood cell from the picture above?

A) cell 3

B) cell 2

C) cell 5

D) cell 4

23. Which of the following is a sperm cell from the picture above?

A) cell 4

B) cell 5

C) cell 6

D) cell 1

24. Which of the following is a plant cell from the picture above?

A) cell 3

B) cell 1

C) cell 6

D) cell 4

25. Which of the following phrases best matches the word organ?

A) a collection of similar cells performing in the same way, forming part of the structure of a plant or animal

B) a structure made of different tissues to perform particular functions in a plant or animal

C) an individual plant or animal

D) a unit of life surrounded and enclosed by an outer membrane

26. Which part of the plant absorbs water and minerals from the soil?

A) part V

B) part U

C) part W

D) part Z

30. Which of the following phrases best matches the word chloroplast?

A) the thin outer layer of an animal cell

B) most of the liquid in an animal cell

C) small green structures in plant cells

D) it controls the cell's activities

31. Which of the following connects with the word respiration?

A) the joining of the two nuclei from a sperm cell and an ovum (egg cell)

B) embryo cells rapidly dividing

C) minerals passing through the placenta to the foetus

D) oxygen passing through the trachea to the lungs

32. The diagram above shows the main features of the human female sex cell (egg or ovum), the male sex cell (sperm) and a ciliated cell (with hairs or cilia). Which part of the sperm cell enables it to swim to the ovum?

A) head

B) tail

C) membrane

D) nucleus

33. Which part of the cells is a cell wall?

A) part N

B) part R

C) part T

D) part P

34. The diagram above shows the main features of the human female sex cell (egg or ovum), the male sex cell (sperm) and a ciliated cell (with hairs or cilia). Which part of the sperm cell penetrates into the ovum?

A) tail

B) membrane

C) nucleus

D) head

38. Which of the following phrases best matches the word cell?

A) A basic unit of life surrounded and enclosed by an outer membrane

C) An individual plant or animal

D) A structure made of different tissues to perform particular functions in a plant or animal

39. Which of the following phrases best matches the word membrane?

A) most of the liquid in an animal cell

B) it controls the cell's activities

C) the thin outer layer of an animal cell

D) it gives plants cells extra strength to their shape

40. Respiration equation: __(1)__ + __(2)__ __(3)__ + __(4)__

(1) : is a soluble solid that might be described as the 'fuel'.

(2) : is a gas breathed in from air.

(3) : is a gas breathed out from the lungs.

(4) : is a colourless liquid.

What is the chemical identity of (3)?

A) carbon dioxide

B) water

C) glucose

D) oxygen

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