Science

Revision Booklet
Units: 8A, 8B, 8E and 8F

Name: …………………………………..
Year: …………………
Unit 8A:

Question 1:

Answer the following questions.

1- Why do we need food? Give three reasons.
2- Name the seven food groups.
3- What does “nutrient” mean?
Which of the seven food groups are nutrients?
4- Fill in the following table.

Molecules
Enzyme to break
Nutrient Needed for Food rich in resulting from its
it down
digestion

5- What does “a healthy diet” mean?

What does the amount of each nutrient depend on?
6- Which nutrients can be absorbed into the blood stream without being digested?
7- Which nutrients need to be digested in order to be absorbed into the blood stream?
8- Which food group is not digested nor absorbed?
9- Where does the digestion start?
10- Where is the digestion completed?
11- Name three parts of the digestive system that produce enzymes.
12- State the ph of the:
a) Mouth
b) Stomach
c) Small intestine
13- Where does the absorption of food take place?
14- How are the following molecules used after being absorbed into the bloodstream?

Nutrients Use
Simple sugars
Fatty acids and glycerol
Amino acids
15- Describe the job of the following parts of the digestive system.

Part of the digestive system Job

Mouth

Oesophagus

Stomach

Liver

pancreas

Small intestine

Large intestine

Anus

16- Name the reagent used to test for each of the following nutrients and describe the change of
colour if the nutrient is present.
Nutrient Reagent Colour change
Protein
Fat
Simple sugars
Starch
Question 2:
Given the following key about the different food groups

Is it absorbed into the blood

stream?

Yes No

Is it absorbed without being A

digested?

Yes No

Is it used to keep the body Is it the main raw materials for making new
hydrated? cells?

Yes No Yes No

B C D Is it stored in the liver

after being digested?

Yes No

E F

Identify the food groups A, B, C, D, E and F.

Unit 8B:

Question 1:

Answer the following questions.

1- What does “respiration” mean?

Write the word equation for the respiration.
2- What is the difference between “respiration” and “breathing”?
3- What does “diffusion” mean?
Which gas diffuses?
a) from the lungs to the blood?
b) from the blood to the lungs?
c) from the blood to the cells?
d) from the cells to the blood?
4- Here is the diagram of the blood circulation
Describe how the oxygenated blood in the lungs will be carried around the body to return back to the
lung as deoxygenated blood.

5- Name the parts of the blood and the job of each of them.
6- Name the three blood vessels and state some differences between them.
7- What is the “gas exchange”?
8- Compare the inhaled air to the exhaled air.
9- Describe an experiment to identify carbon dioxide gas.
Question 2:

Label the different parts of the respiratory system.

How can smoking affect your lungs? Describe as fully as you can.

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Unit 8E-8F:

Question 1:

For each question you have to decide if the statement is true or false.
1- All the atoms in an element are the same.
2- Air is a mixture mainly of nitrogen and oxygen.
3- Water is a mixture mainly of hydrogen and oxygen.
4- A mixture must be made of two elements
5- Orange squash is a mixture
6- Carbon dioxide is a mixture
7- Two compounds cannot make a mixture
8- Iron sulphide is a mixture
9- A compound must be made of molecules
10- An element and a compound cannot make a mixture

Question 2:

What am I? Say whether the following statements describe an electron, a proton or a neutron.

1- Found in shells around nucleus

2- Not charged
3- Part of all atoms
4- Negatively charged
5- Found in the nucleus
6- Positively charged
7- Give the atom its mass
8- Lightest particle
9- An atom always has the same number of these as protons
10- Number of these add up to make the atomic mass number

Question 3:

Given an atom of chlorine with the symbol:

35.5
Cl
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1- Calculate the number of electrons, protons and neutrons in this atom.
2- Draw its atomic structure.
3- Predict its group and its period.
4- What is its group called?
5- Name 2 elements that belong to the same group and 2 elements that belong to the same period.