1.

The diagram shows a stage micrometer viewed with an eyepiece

graticule scale, using a magnification of 400.

Using the same magnification, a chloroplast is measured and found to

be 4 eyepiece graticule divisions long. How long is the chloroplast?

2. A student made a drawing of a biological specimen. The length of the

specimen in the drawing is 140 mm. The magnification is x40. What is
the actual size of the specimen?
A. 5600 mm
B. 35 mm
C. 56 mm
D. 3.5 mm
E. 350 mm
3. Which of the following structures is not found in animal cells
A. Cell membrane
B. cell wall
C. cytoplasm
D. nucleus

4. To enter or leave a cell, substances must pass through

A. a microtubule.
B. the Golgi apparatus.
C. a ribosome.
D. the nucleus.
E. the plasma membrane.
5. Which is the correct sequence, starting with the smallest and ending
with the largest?
A. tissue, organ system, organ, cell
B. cell, tissue, organ system, organ
C. tissue, cell, organ, organ system
D. cell tissue, organ, organ system
6. You would expect a cell with an extensive Golgi apparatus to
A. make a lot of ATP.
B. secrete a lot of material.
C. move actively.
D. perform photosynthesis.
E. store large quantities of food
7. Which of the following correctly matches an organelle with its function?
A. mitochondrion . . . photosynthesis
B. nucleus . . . cellular respiration
C. ribosome . . . manufacture of lipids
D. lysosome . . . movement
E. central vacuole . . . storage
8. Of the following organelles, which group is involved in manufacturing
substances needed by the cell?
A. lysosome, vacuole, ribosome
B. ribosome, rough ER, smooth ER
C. vacuole, rough ER, smooth ER
D. smooth ER, ribosome, vacuole
E. rough ER, lysosome, vacuole
9. Which of the following happens when a cell divides?
A. The cell's volume increases.
B. It becomes more difficult for the cell to get enough oxygen and
nutrients.
C. The cell has DNA overload.
D. Each daughter/new cell receives its own copy of the parent cell's
DNA.
10.
Which pair is correct?
A. G1 phase, DNA replication
B. G2 phase, preparation for mitosis
C. S phase, cell division
D. M phase, cell growth

Structured questions
1. A Student looked at a cell under a light microscope. She made a
drawing of the cell and showed the diameter of the nucleus in her
drawing as 70 mm. She calculated the magnification of her drawing as
x10 000. What is the actual size of the nucleus?
(Show your work)

[2]
2. a. A cell in the basal layer of the skin contains 46 chromosomes and
divides by mitosis to produce new skin cells. After ten successive
divisions, how many chromosomes will the basal cell have?

[1]
b. An animal has 36 chromosomes in each of its body cells. How many
of these chromosomes came from its male parent?

[1]
3. The drawings below depict stages in the mitotic division of a cell

(a) Write the letters in the order in which these stages occur.

[2]
(b) How many pairs of chromosomes are there in the cell?
[1]
(c) What is the diploid number of chromosomes in these cells?
.[1]

4. Give two examples in each case of organs or tissues in which you

would expect
(a) meiosis, (b) mitosis to be taking place.

[2]

5. Write down a brief description on your cancer research topic and

explain how far biotechnology has been developed to diagnose or cure
cancer.
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