2020 Year Seven Science Cyclic test Two: Living things

Name: Subject teacher:

Class:

Test Date: Tues 19th May 2020

Time allowed: 40 minutes Score: ____ /50

Number of pages: 13 ______%

Instructions:

Write your answers on this sheet in the spaces provided.

Make sure that you attempt every question. Do not leave any question blank.

Section one- Multiple Choice Questions 1 mark each

Read each question carefully and circle the letter of the best answer.
1. If a specimen is viewed under the microscope using an eyepiece with a magnification
of x10 and the medium power objective lens with a magnification of x40 then the
overall magnification is:
A x10
B x 80
C x400
D x1000

2. Select the statement that best describes the function of chloroplasts.

A Give shape to the plant cell.
B Trap light energy for photosynthesis.
C Its jelly-like fluid surrounds the nucleus and most of the cell’s internal parts.
D It contains the cell’s nuclear material.

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3. Use this diagram, which shows the structure of a palisade cell, to answer the
question.

Which features are also found in a liver cell?

A 1 and 2

B 2 and 5

C 3 and 4

D 4 and 5

4. Three characteristics that all living things have are:

A Respiration, Excretion, Nutrition
B Movement, Sweating, Reproduction
C Cells, Growth, Eating
D Sensitivity, Expression, Growth

5. Which parts of the skeleton are very important in holding the body upright?
A Skull, Backbone, Shin bone
B Toe bones, Ribs, Backbone
C Backbone, Shin bone, Thigh bone
D Skull, Toe bones, Rib bones

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Section two – Written answer questions
Read the questions carefully. Write your answers in the space provided. Marks are indicated
in brackets [ ] after each question.

Question One:

a) Name the seven features that all living things have: 7 marks

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b) Explain two reasons why a cloud is not classed as alive: 2 marks

Reason 1:
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Reason 2:
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Question Two:
(a) The diagrams below show an animal cell and a plant cell.

(i) The lines from the boxes show the positions of two of the parts that
are present in both cells.
In the boxes, write the names of these two parts.
2 marks

(ii) Give the names of two parts which are present in plant cells but not
in animal cells.

1. ...........................................
2. ...........................................
2 marks

(b) Organs can carry out their functions because of the special cells they have.

Draw a straight line from the name of each type of cell to the function of
the cell and then to the process it carries out.
One has been done for you.

3 marks

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Question Three:
The diagram below shows an organism called Euglena.
It is made of only one cell. It lives in ponds and streams.
Euglena have features of both plants and animals.

(a) Look at the diagram of Euglena.

Give two pieces of evidence which suggest it is an animal cell and not a
plant cell.

1. .................................................................................................................
1 mark

2. .................................................................................................................
1 mark

(b) Plant cells can carry out photosynthesis.

How can you tell from the diagram that Euglena can carry out
photosynthesis?

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1 mark

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Question Four:
Nancy is a dancer.

(a) When Nancy dances her arms and legs are moved by pairs of antagonistic
muscles.

How do antagonistic muscle pairs work?

Tick the correct box.

Both muscles contract at the same time.

One muscle is big and the other is small.

As one muscle contracts, the other relaxes.

One muscle is strong and the other is weak.

Both muscles relax at the same time.

1 mark

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 Question Five:
The diagram below shows six cells.

(a) (i) Give the letters of the two plant cells in the diagrams.

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1 mark

(ii) Which one of these plant cells contains chloroplasts?

Give the letter.

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1 mark

(iii) Give the function of chloroplasts.

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1 mark

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(b) (i) Give the letter of the ciliated cell.

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1 mark

(ii) In which part of the body are ciliated cells found?

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1 mark

(iii) What is the function of ciliated cells in this part of the body?

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1 mark

(c) Give the letter of the cell which transfers genetic information from father to
offspring.

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(d) An image of a different type of cell when viewed through a microscope is

shown below. The eyepiece lens was a 10x magnification, and the objective lens was
40x.

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(i) Draw a biological drawing of at least one of the cells as seen through the
microscope: 4 marks

(ii) What type of cell is this likely to be? 1 mark

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(iii) Explain your answer to question 4d(ii) above 1 mark
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Question Six:
The diagram below shows the human skeleton.

(a) (i) Draw a line from the letter J to one joint in the leg.
1 mark

(ii) Why do we need joints in our skeleton?

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1 mark

(b) (i) Which part of our skeleton, labelled in the diagram, moves so that we
can breathe?

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1 mark

(ii) Which part of our skeleton, labelled in the diagram, moves so that we
can chew food?

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1 mark

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(d) The diagram below shows part of the arm.

(i) Parts A and B are attached to bones. What name is given to parts of
the body like parts A and B?

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1 mark

(ii) Part A gets shorter. In which direction does the lower arm move?

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1 mark

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Question Seven:
Andrew put his rabbit’s cage on the grass.

A week later, the grass under the cage had turned yellow.

(a) Give one reason why the grass had turned yellow.

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1 mark

(b) Andrew wanted to test why the grass had turned yellow. He put two
sheets of plastic just above another patch of grass. One sheet was
black and the other sheet was clear.

A week later, the grass under the black sheet was yellow. The grass under
the clear sheet was green.

(i) Explain why he used the clear plastic sheet as well as the black
sheet.

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1 mark

(ii) Andrew left the black sheet there for several more weeks.
What happened to the grass under it?

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1 mark

(c) Tick the boxes by two things which both rabbits and grass plants can do.

they eat

they grow

they move from place to place

they reproduce

they breathe in and out

2 marks

-- End of Cyclic test --

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