Checkpoint Biology Paper Set: 2 Name:

Q.1) The foods listed on this data table were left in plastic bags in a warm container for 5 days.
Observations were made and recorded at the end of the experiment.

i) Which of these hypotheses was tested?

A. Foods left in the dark will rot differently than foods in light.
B. Will foods react differently in plastic bags?
C. If different foods are used, then different bacteria will grow.
D. What kind of bacteria is best for making cheese?

ii) What variable was tested in this experiment?

A. the length of time it takes for food to rot
B. what kind of bags allows rotting to occur
C. the temperature microorganisms like best
D. how different kinds of food rot

iii) Which of the following is a conclusion you could make concerning these data?
A. Bread is more likely to rot than cheese or meat.
B. Bread is better for you to eat than cheese.
C. Different microorganisms grow on different foods.
D. Meat is less safe to eat than other foods because it turns brown.

iv) How might a student improve this experiment?

A. Count the number of microorganisms on each food with a toothpick.
B. Use a microscope to identify the kinds of microorganisms.
C. Add some strong chemicals and see what they do to the foods.
D. Kill the microorganisms and make the food safe.
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Q.2 (a) The diagrams below show an animal cell and a plant cell.
(i) The lines from the boxes show the positions of two of the parts that are present in both cells.
In the boxes, write the names of these two parts.
(ii) Give the names of two parts that are present in plant cells but not in animal cells.

(b) Organs can carry out their functions because of the special cells they have.
Draw a straight line from the name of each type of cell to the function of the cell and then to the process it
carries out.
One has been done for you.

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Q.3) The diagram shows some of the organs of the human body.

(a) The heart pumps blood around the body.

(i) What useful gas does the blood take in from the air in the lungs?

(ii) What useful substance does the blood take in from the intestine?

(b) Blood vessels carry blood to organs of the body.

Sometimes a blood clot forms in a blood vessel as shown below.

Fig. Blood Vessel

A blood clot may stop an organ working properly.
Give one reason for this.

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Q.4) Nancy is a dancer.
(a) When Nancy dances her arms and legs are moved by pairs of antagonistic muscles.
How do antagonistic muscle pairs work?
Tick the correct box.

(b) As Nancy dances her breathing changes because she needs more oxygen.
The graph below shows how the volume of air in her lungs changes when she dances.

From the graph, give two ways her breathing changes when she dances.
(c) Nancy’s muscle cells produce carbon dioxide as she dances.
Which of the following shows how the carbon dioxide is removed from Nancy’s body?
Tick the correct box.

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Q.6) a) Describe ”a way microorganisms are helpful to people, and a way they are harmful”.
Helpful Microorganisms Harmful Microorganisms

b) Katie wants to see if apples that are kept cold will rot or stay edible. She places an apple in the
refrigerator and records the date. What should she use as a control?

c) Name the five groups of microorganisms

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Q.7) A) What is Skin? Tick the correct box.

(b) The diagrams below show two other cells.

(i) Look at the diagrams above.

What is the difference between the location of the genetic material in the bacterium and in the cell from
the lining of the intestine?

(ii) What is the function of the genetic material in a cell?

(c) Cells in the lining of the intestine are adapted to absorb digested food.
How does the folded membrane of these cells enable them to absorb the maximum amount of digested
food?

(d) A group of cells in the lining of the intestine is a tissue.

Why is a number of sperm cells not a tissue?

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Q.8) The drawings below show parts of three different organ systems.
Draw a line from each organ system to its function. Draw only three lines.

B)
 i) The rib cage protects organs in the chest.
Give the names of two organs in the chest.
1.
2.

ii) The ribs are attached to the breast bone by cartilage

which bends easily.
This lets the space in the chest get bigger.
Why is it important that the space can get bigger?

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Q.10) Diagram 1 below shows the lungs and the trachea, the airway leading to the lungs. One of the lungs is
drawn in section.

(b) Diagram 2 below shows one alveolus and its blood supply.
(i) Look at diagram 2, opposite.
Gas A enters the blood from the alveolus.
Gas B leaves the blood and enters the alveolus.

What are the names of gases A and B?

(ii) Give one reason why it is easy for gases to pass across the wall of an alveolus.

(c) The diagram below shows a ciliated cell from the lining of the airway.
(i) What is the function of this cell in the airway?

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Q.11) Given is a table for disease caused by different Microorganisms. Complete the table.
Microorganisms Disease Caused Symptoms How they are spread
Virus Sneezing, Cough
Measles Coughing, sneezing
Ringworm
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Athlete’s foot Infection in toes
Bacteria Fever, Watery feces Contaminated Water
Tuberculosis
…………………… Malaria
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