CLAUDE MCKAY HIGH SCHOOL MR.

THOMAS

Human and Social Biology

10 CMH

Name…………………………………….. SEP.2017

Answer all questions on this paper

1) Which characteristics of living things are shown as the head of a flower

faces the sun all day?
 excretion and growth
 irritability and movement
 nutrition and irritability
 movement and respiration

2) An object must have what to be called a living thing.

 Most characteristics of living things
 at least two characteristics
 At least one characteristic of living things
 All the characteristics of living things

3) Which of the following below is another word for living things?

 organ
 organism
 tissue
 organelle

4) Which are not organisms?

 wolves
 cars
 bacteria
 trees

5) Which of the following lists shows three activities of all living

organisms?
 respiration,nutrition,preservation
 reproduction,excretion,growth
 movement,decay,synthesis
 exercise,irritability,metabolism

6) Which characteristic help you to prevent damage from a hot plate?

 irritability
 excretion
  reproduction
 growth

7) Which is defined by the power to respond to a stimulus?

 nutrition
 irritability
 excretion
 reproduction

1. State the characteristics of living things and explain any

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(5 marks)
2. When someone place a piece of food in their mouth, which characteristics is
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3. Explain the importance of locomotion to man.
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4. In what way irritability help us getting out of danger.
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5. Explain to your sister why nutrition is needed in

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(2 marks)

6. Which part of the cell releases energy during

respiration?..........................................................................................................................
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7. Identify three similarities between plant cell and animal

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8. In the table give the differences between animal cells and plan cells.

Cell Parts Animal Plant

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9. Explain to your teacher the importance of cell specialization in human.
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10. Identify the following parts on the diagram below: cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus,
mitochondria, vacuole, ribosome, nuclear membrane, endoplasmic reticulum.

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11. Label the diagram of the plant cell below with the following terms: (cell wall, cell
membrane, nucleus, chloroplast and cytoplasm)

12. Define the terms diffusion and give

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13. Name the process by which water enters
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14. Identify five specialize cells found in humans and state their function.
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15. Why the nucleus of body cells is refer as the brain of the cell?
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16. Explain why muscle cells contain more mitochondria than other types of body cell.
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