PASCAL ENGLISH SCHOOL LEMESOS

SCIENCE – SYLLABUS & REVISION HANDOUT FOR EXAMS

YEAR 1 – A’ SEMESTER 2023-2024
BOOKS: Student Book and Workbook – Exploring Science 7

SYLLABUS:
Biology Topic 7A: Cells, tissues, organs and organ systems

Student Book:
1) 7Aa Doctors past and present, page 5
2) 7Aa Life processes, pages 6-7
3) 7Ab Organs, pages 8-9
4) 7Ac Tissues, pages 12-13
5) 7Ad Cells, pages 16-17
6) 7Ae Organ Systems pages 18-19

Workbook:
1) 7Aa Doctors past and present, page 3
2) 7Aa Life processes, page 4
3) 7Ab Organs, page 5
4) 7Ac Tissues, page 7
5) 7Ad Cells, pages 10-11
6) 7Ae Organ Systems pages 12-13 (exercices 1-5)

*** STUDY ALL: Exercises, Classwork, Homework, Notes and Revision Handout.

*** Note: Relying only on the material covered in the revision handout is not sufficient

Critical thinking is required for the subject of Science!!!

Good luck!

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Revision exercises:
1) Name the life process presented in each picture.

2) Complete the text using the words given.

sensitivity, respiration, move, nutrients, reproduce, excretion

1. Living organisms need …………………………………… to provide them with

energy.

2. Organisms release energy from their food by a process called

…………………………………..

3. The removal of waste is called ………………………………

4. Living organisms can react to changes in their surroundings. This process is

known as ……………………………………………

5. Organisms ………………………. towards things like water and food.

6. Organisms have to produce offspring, so they have to

……………………………………

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 3)

“John was very sick. He went to the doctor to whom he mentioned that he had
a high temperature, a stuffy nose and a headache”.

(i) Find the symptoms that John has.

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(ii) Write the name of a medical test the doctor may perform.
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(iii) Suggest what illness John has.

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4) Two different types of cells are shown below. Label them.

CELL 1

CELL 2

A. Which of the above cells (cell A or B) is the plant cell? Explain your reasoning.

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(Marks 2)

B. Name three (3) cell parts that are found in both animal and plant cells.

Describe their functions.

1)

Name: ……………………………….

Function:…………………………………………………………………………………

2)

Name: ……………………………….

Function:…………………………………………………………………………………

3)

Name: ……………………………….

Function:…………………………………………………………………………………

C. What process occurs in mitochondria?

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D. Which part of the cell is in a higher amount while the cells undergo
photosynthesis?
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5) Root hairs are found on the surface of roots. In what way are root hairs adapted
to absorbing water and minerals?

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6) The following paragraph refers to photosynthesis. Fill in the gaps with the
words given.

root, food, storage, sunlight, water, stem, leaves, carrot, carbon dioxide,

Plants can produce their own ………………………. through photosynthesis.

Plants move their …………………………. to trap ……………….. form the sun

and …………………………. from the air. Also, plants absorb ……………………
from the soil using their ………………… . Water is transferred to the leaves,
where photosynthesis takes place, through the …………………

Some plants use ……………………… organs to store some of the food they
make. An example of a storage organ is …………………

7) The following paragraph refers to the levels of organisation in living things.

Fill in the gaps using suitable words.

Living things are known as ………………………………… . These are made up of

many small building blocks called ………………………………… . These join

together to make ………………………………… , which work together to form an

………………………………… . Many organs work together to form an

……………… ………………., which does a particular set of jobs for the

organism.

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8) Complete the table below with the items given.
Cat, Chair, Oak Tree, Car, Goldfish, Computer, bee, Pencil, Sunflower,
Bicycle

Organism Not an organism

9) This table gives descriptions of organs in the human digestive system. Read
each description and then write down the name of each organ in the left hand
column.

Name of the organ Function of the organ

This is a tube that squeezes the food down to the
stomach.
This is a very long tube that the food passes into
after it leaves the stomach. It breaks up food and
absorbs it to provide nutrition for the body.
It removes water from unwanted food and it makes
the faeces.
It makes and stores some substances and destroys
other substances.

A. Name the human organ system that carries substances around the body.

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B. Describe how this organ system supports the life process of respiration.

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 C. Name the organ that causes substances to move around the body.

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D. Name the life process the urinary system helps the body with.

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E. Describe the job of one (1) named organ in the urinary system.

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10) The following figure shows the human organism.

A. What organ system is shown above?

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B. Name two (2) organs of this organ system.

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C. Name the life process this organ system helps with.

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