Waterford High School

Sixth Weekly Test

Biology 101-7
1 hour

Name: _____________________________________________________
Grade: ____________________________________________________
Teacher: ___________________________________________________
Date: ______________________________________________________

Instructions:
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
• This paper consist of TWO sections
• Answer ALL questions in section A and section B
• Section A is worth 15 marks and section B is worth 20 marks
Section A
Item 1 refers to the followibg diagram of a cell

1. Which of the labelled structures is responsible for controlling cellular activities.

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) V

2. Which of the following comparison of the cell wall and cell membrane is INCORRECT?
Cell Wall Cell Membrane
A) Found in both plant and animal cells Found in animal cells only
B) Freely permeably Differentially permeable
C) Contain celloluse Does not contain celloluse
D) Found in plant cells only Found in both plant and animal cells

3. Which of the following organelles in directly involved in photosynthesis?

A) Nucleus
B) Cytoplasm
C) Chloroplast
D) Mitochondrion

4. The diagram above MOST likely respresent a/an

A) virus
B) fungus
C) bacterium
D) amoeba

5. Cells that are specialized contains adaptations that:

A) has lots of mitochondria
B) dissolves the outer membrane of an egg
C) has a large surface area
D) enables them to perform specific functions
6. A sperm cell contains ________________________________ in order to release the energy it
needs to swim.
A) an egg cell
B) long axon
C) lots of mitochondria
D) xylem cell

7. Diffusion is when particles move from _____ concentration to _____ concentration.

A) higher, lower
B) lower, higher
C) higher, highest
D) lower, lowest

8. What happens to the rate of diffusion as the temperature increases?

A) it decreases
B) it increases
C) it increase then decrease
D) it stays the same

9. Diffusion can occur in ___________________________ materials

A) only solid
B) solid and liquid
C) liquid and gas
D) only liquid

10. Diffusion is the result of_________

A) random motion of particles

B) concentration gradient
C) kinetic energy of particles
D) all of the above

11. Which of the following organelles is the site of aerobic respiration?

A) cytoplasm
B) mitochondria
C) chloroplast
D) nucleus

12. The variation in·cellular structure found in any complex organism is due to a process called
A) growth
B) elaboration
C) metabolism
D) specialization

Item 13 refers to the following terms

I. Organ
II. Organism
III. Organelle
IV. Cell
V. Tissue
13. Which of the following shows the correct order for INCREASING complexity of cells?
A) III, IV, I, II, V
B) III, IV, V, I. II
C) IV, V, I, II, III
D) IV, V, I, III, II

14. A mature plant cell is different from a mature animal cell because the plant cell has
A) mitochondria
B) large permanent vacuole
C) cell membrane
D) a nucleus suspended in the cytoplasm

Item 15 refers to the following diagrams of cells

15. Which of the above MOST likely represent an animal cell?

A)
B)
C)
D)

15 Marks
Section B
Figure 1 below shows a typical plant cell and a typical animal cell.

1a) Identify the structures labelled A, B, C and D

A ______________________________________________________
B ______________________________________________________
C ______________________________________________________
D ______________________________________________________
4 Marks
b) State the function of any THREE of the structures identified in a)
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3 Marks
c) Using TWO named examples, explain why cell specialization is important to cells to function

effectively.

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4 Marks

2a) Starting in the lungs, describe how oxygen moves by diffusion in your body.

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3 Marks

2b) If purple dye is added to the centre of petri dish containing water, a few minutes later the
purple dye will spread and cover the petri dish. Why?
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3 Marks

With the use of a diagram, show what is meant by the term concentration gradient

3 Marks

Total 20 Marks