1.1 Cell Structure (Easy) QP
1.1 Cell Structure (Easy) QP
GCSE
BIOLOGY
4.1 | Cell Biology
QUESTION PAPER 1
Difficulty
EASY
Time allowed
59 minutes
Score Percentage
/59 %
4.1 | CELL BIOLOGY | QUESTION PAPER 1 1
Human cells and yeast cells have some parts that are the same.
Parts A and B are found in human cells and in yeast cells. On the diagram, label
parts A and B.
(2)
Some cells in human skin can divide to make new skin cells.
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(1)
(c) Human stem cells can develop into many different types of human cell.
(i) Use the correct answer from the box to complete the sentence.
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(1)
(ii) Use the correct answer from the box to complete the sentence.
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(1)
(Total 5 marks)
The diagram shows a method used to grow pure cultures of a bacterium.
Apparatus A ...............................................................
Apparatus B ...............................................................
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(b) (i) Why should apparatus A and apparatus B be sterilised before they are used?
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Using enzymes
Using a flame
In an incubator
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Give one reason why the lid of apparatus B should be securely taped in place.
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(1)
(c) What is the maximum temperature that should be used in schools to grow the
bacteria in apparatus B?
10 °C 25 °C 50 °C
(1)
(Total 6 marks)
The diagram below shows a cell.
(a) Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete each sentence.
chromosomes.
receptors.
(1)
characteristics
nuclei
(1)
classify
grow
(1)
(b) Complete the following sentence.
(a) (i) Use words from the box to name structures A and B.
A ..........................................................................
B ..........................................................................
(2)
(1)
(b) Draw one line from each part of the human body to its correct scientific name.
Part of human body Scientific name
An organ
An organism
Stomach
An organ system
A tissue
(3)
(Total 6 marks)
(a) The diagram shows the structure of a bacterial cell.
(i) On the diagram use words from the box to label structures A, B and C.
(3)
(ii) Give one difference between the structure of the bacterial cell and an animal
cell.
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(1)
(iii) Name one structure that is found in a plant cell but is not found in a bacterial
or an animal cell.
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(1)
Long tail..........................................................................................................
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Mitochondria...................................................................................................
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(Total 9 marks)
Figure 1 shows a human cheek cell viewed under a light microscope.
Figure 1
© Ed Reschke/Photolibrary/Getty Images
Differentiation
Mitosis
Specialisation
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(d) What is the advantage of using the type of microscope you named in part (c)?
Tick one box.
Cheaper
Higher magnification
Lower resolution
(1)
Figure 2
Use the equation to work out the real width of the cell in mm:
Convert mm to µm ............................................. µm
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0.02 µm
0.2 µm
2.0 µm
20.0 µm
(1)
(Total 9 marks)
Students in a school investigated the effect of five different antibiotics, A, B, C, D and E, on
one type of bacterium.
The students:
• put the paper discs onto the bacteria in the Petri dish
The diagram shows what the Petri dish looked like after 3 days.
(a) (i) What is the maximum temperature the incubator should be set at in the
school?
10°C25°C50°C
(1)
(ii) Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete the sentence.
The incubator should not be set at a higher temperature because the higher
pathogens.
viruses.
(1)
(b) Which antibiotic, A, B, C, D or E, would be best to treat a disease caused by this
type of bacterium?
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(2)
Why?
(1)
(Total 5 marks)
The diagrams show four types of cell, A, B, C and D.
Two of the cells are plant cells and two are animal cells.
A and B
A and D
C and D
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(1)
(b) (i) Which cell, A, B, C or D, is adapted for swimming?
(1)
(1)
(Total 5 marks)
The diagram shows a cell.
(a) (i) Use words from the box to name the structures labelled A and B .
A .......................................................
B .......................................................
(2)
How can you tell it is an animal cell and not a plant cell?
1 ............................................................................................................
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2 ............................................................................................................
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(2)
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(1)
(c) The cell shown in the diagram is usually found with similar cells.
an organ.
a tissue.
(1)
(Total 6 marks)
The diagram shows how a student transferred some sour milk from a bottle to a Petri
dish of nutrient agar.
Risk of contamination
with bacteria
increased
Kills bacteria
Risk of growth of
pathogens decreased
(Total 4 marks)