Topic 1: Life processes, cells and variety of

living organisms

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1. Gareth is looking at cheek cells using a microscope.

cell membrane

nucleus

cytoplasm

(a) Answer the following questions using labelled parts from the photograph.

(i) Which part of the cheek cell controls the movement of substances into and out of the
cell?

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(ii) Where in the cheek cell do most chemical reactions happen?

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(b) Gareth now wants to look at some onion cells using microscope.

Describe how he could prepare a microscope slide of onion cells.

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2 On a science field studies visit Alistair found a strange object.

Alistair drew the object and made some notes.

(a) Alistair wanted to know if the object was alive.

He tried to match his observations with some life processes.
Finish the table by matching three of Alistair's observations with the correct life process.

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(b) Write down four other life processes shown by all living things.

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(b) Alistair took a small piece from the strange object and looked at it using a
microscope.

This is what he saw.

(i) Finish the table by matching each letter to the correct part of a cell.

The first one has been done for you.

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(ii) Alistair thought the object was a plant.

Suggest why he made this decision.

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3 In humans, organ systems are made up of organs.
Organs are made of tissues.
Tissues are made of cells.
Here is a list of cells, tissues and organs.

blood bone brain gland heart

kidney neurone optic nerve

secretory cell stomach white blood cell

Finish the table to show combinations of cells, tissues and organs that
complete the systems shown.

Use words from the list.

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4 The diagrams show a myxoma virus and a bacterium.
The two diagrams are not drawn to the same scale.

(a) (i) Write down two ways in which the structure of viruses is different from bacteria.

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(ii) In real life the distance between X and Y on the bacterium is 0.004mm.
Calculate the magnification of the diagram of the bacterium.
You must show how you work out your answer.

Magnification [2]

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5 This question is about micro-organisms.

(a)

mucor fungus influenza virus

tetanus bacterium whooping cough bacterium [1]

(b) The diagram shows the structure of an influenza virus.

Label parts A and B on the diagram.
Write your answers in the boxes.

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(c) How does the influenza virus reproduce?

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6 The diagram shows small parts of the organisms Mucor and Penicillium.

(a) What main group of organisms do Mucor and Penicillium belong to?

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(b) Write down the name of the thread-like structures that make up Mucor and Penicillium.

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(c) Describe how Mucor and Penicillium feed.

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(d) Yeast belongs to the same main group as Mucor and Penicillium.
How does yeast differ in structure to these two organisms?

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