Biology Revision Sheet Gr.

9 British Third Mid Term

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Which statement is not true for all catalysts?
A They are enzymes.
B They are not used up in the reaction.
C They increase the rate of a chemical reaction.
D They remain unchanged at the end of a reaction.
____ 2. What are the smaller molecules from which an enzyme molecule is made?
A Amino acids.
B Fatty acids.
C Glucose.
D Glycerol.
____ 3. A solution containing an enzyme and no other substance was tested.
Which test would give a positive result?
A Benedict’s test.
B Biuret test.
C Ethanol test.
D Iodine test.
____ 4. What are the raw materials required for photosynthesis?
A Carbon dioxide and oxygen.
B Oxygen and glucose.
C Glucose and water.
D Water and carbon dioxide.
____ 5. Which ions does a plant require to make amino acids from glucose?
A Calcium.
B Iron.
C Magnesium.
D Nitrate.
____6. All living beings need energy from _______________.
A Sunlight.
B Water.
C Food.
D Oxygen.
____ 7. Plants use matter from the environment and the energy of sunlight to build
food molecules such as ______________ or starch.
A Minerals.
B Salts.
C Sugars.
D Nutrients.
____ 8. All plants use __________ to grow, reproduce, and perform other activities.
A Air.
B Energy.
C Water.
D Soil.
____ 9. In the photosynthesis process, plants give off ____________ into the air.
A Oxygen.
B Carbon dioxide.
C Water vapor.
D Hydrogen.
____ 10. Plants trap sunlight energy in structures called _______________.
A Stomata.
B Leaves.
C Chlorophyll.
D Chloroplasts.
 2. Fill in the blanks using the words given in the box.

Protease - Organic - Active site – Enzymes – Product – Chloroplasts -

Photosynthesis - Damaged – pH – Substrate - Optimum – Chlorophyll
- Amylase - Inorganic - Catalysts.

1. Many chemical reactions can be speeded up by substances called _______.

2. Almost every metabolic reaction is controlled by catalysts called _______.

3. Starch is digested to a sugar called maltose by an enzyme called ________.

4. Proteins are digested to amino acids by ____________.

5. The substance that an enzyme changes is called its ____________.

6. The enzyme molecule has a ‘dent’ in it, called the ____________.

7. When the substrate is in the active site and bound to the enzyme, the

enzyme makes the substrate change into a new substance called the _____.

8. Enzymes are very sensitive to temperature and ____________.

9. Each kind of enzyme has a particular temperature at which it works fastest.

This is called the _____________ temperature.

10. When an enzyme is placed in a liquid with a pH that is not its optimum

pH, it is _____________.

11. Animals are not able to make _____________ substances themselves but

must take them in as nutrients when they feed.

12. Plants, however, can make these organic nutrients from ____________

substances.

13. The process by which Plants make carbohydrates is called ____________.

14. In the ______________ of a plant’s leaves, water and carbon dioxide react

together to make carbohydrates and oxygen.

15. _____________ has transferred some of the energy in the sunlight into

energy in carbohydrates.
3. True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

____1. A catalyst alters the rate of a chemical reaction, without being

changed itself.
____ 2. Within any living organism, chemical reactions are taking place all
the time.
____3. All enzymes help to break things down.
____4. Starch is soluble, but maltose is insoluble.
____5. Without enzymes, the reactions would take place very slowly or not
at all.

____6. Catalase works inside all the cells of living organisms. It breaks
down hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen.

____7. Enzymes that catalyse the breakdown of carbohydrates are called

lipases.

____8. Each type of enzyme has molecules with a very specific shape.

____9. Enzymes from the human body generally have an optimum

temperature of about 40 °C.

____10. The shape of the enzyme and the shape of the substrate are
complementary to one another.

____11. For many enzymes, a temperature above about 60 °C completely

stops them working.

___12. Enzymes also have an optimum pH. For most enzymes, this is
around pH 3.
____13. There are some enzymes that work best in a much higher or lower
pH.

____14. The binding of substrate to the active site of the enzyme forms an
enzyme–substrate complex.

____15. Humans are mammals and we feed on milk as babies. To help

babies digest the carbohydrates in milk, they produce an enzyme
called lactase.

4. Answer the following question:

1. What will happen if we add hydrogen peroxide to raw potato?
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2. What will happen if we add hydrogen peroxide to raw liver?
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3. Explain why animals are dependent on plants for their supply of energy.
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4. Explain how chlorophyll helps photosynthesis to happen.
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 5. Explain why enzymes are specific to a particular substrate.
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5. The figure below shows some stages in an enzyme-

controlled reaction. What are P, Q, R and S?
 Biology Revision Sheets Gr9 British
Answer Section
1.MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS: B

2. ANS: A

3. ANS: A

4. ANS: D

5. ANS: D

6. ANS: C

7. ANS: C

8. ANS: B

9. ANS: A

10. ANS: D
2.Fill in the blanks

1. Catalysts.
2. Enzymes.
3. Amylase.
4. Protease.
5. Substrate.
6. Active site.
7. Product.
8. pH.
9. Optimum.
10. Damaged.
11. Organic.
12. Inorganic.
13. Photosynthesis.
14. Chloroplasts.
15. Chlorophyll.
3.True/False

1.True
2.True
3.False
4.False
5.True
6.True
7.False
8.True
9.False
10. True
11. True
12. False
13. True
14. True
15. True
 4.Short Answer:
1. If hydrogen peroxide is added to raw potato, the catalase in the
potato breaks it down and releases oxygen, which forms a white
froth.

2. Raw liver contains a lot of catalase, which breaks down hydrogen

peroxide and releases oxygen very quickly.

3. Because green plants are the only living organisms capable of

producing their own food, all other living organisms depend on
them either directly or indirectly for survival. Green plants are the
only living organisms that produce their own food.

4. Chlorophyll's role is to absorb light for photosynthesis.

5. Enzymes are specific. Because different enzymes have differently

shaped active sites. The shape of the active site of an enzyme is
complementary to the shape of its specific substrate close
substrate A substance on which enzymes act.. This means they are
the correct shapes to fit together.
5. How an enzyme catalyses a reaction.