8D End of Unit Test Standard (S)

Name Class Date

1 (a) Give a reason why viruses are not living things.

(1)

(b) Give a reason why viruses may be described as parasites.

(1)

(Total for Question 1 = 2 marks)

2 Choose one correct word that can be used in both gaps to complete the sentence below. Tick
one box.

Plants and animals are different and so scientists put them into two different groups, called the
plant and the animal .

A cell

B species

C kingdom

D type

(Total for Question 2 = 1 mark)

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3 The drawing shows a bacterium.

(a) What does the bacterium use part X for? Tick one box.

A fighting

B swimming

C feeding

D reproducing

(1)

(b) Name one food made using bacteria.

(1)

(c) State two resources that bacteria need to grow.

(2)

(Total for Question 3 = 4 marks)

4 Here is the start of a key used to identify the largest groups of organisms.
1 always single-celled go to 2
mainly or always multi-celled go to 3

2 cell contains nucleus

no nucleus in cell

3 …
Complete step 2 of the key by writing in the names of the largest group identified by each
statement.
(Total for Question 4 = 2 marks)

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5 The pie charts show the different types of bacteria found in three different parts of one
person’s body.

(a) Describe what the pie chart of the scalp shows.

(1)

(b) What percentage of underarm bacteria were Campylobacter? Tick one box.

A 15%

B 25%

C 50%

D 75%

(1)

(c) Many bacteria are decomposers. Describe what a decomposer does.

(1)

(Total for Question 5 = 3 marks)

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6 Two students are making bread. They make two different types of dough. They put a small
amount of each dough mixture into two separate measuring cylinders and put the measuring
cylinders in a warm place. The table shows their results:

Dough A (100 g flour, Dough B (100 g flour,

5 g sugar, 3.5 g yeast, 10 g sugar, 3.5 g yeast,
120 cm3 water) 120 cm3 water)
Starting volume (cm3) 30 20
3
Finishing volume (cm ) 55 50

(a) Which variable did the students change? Tick one box.

A the mass of flour

B the mass of sugar

C the mass of yeast

D the volume of water

(1)

(b) State which dough was better at rising.

(1)

(c) Why does the dough rise? Tick one box.

A The sugar produces oxygen gas.

B The flour produces carbon dioxide gas.

C The yeast produces oxygen gas.

D The yeast produces carbon dioxide gas.

(1)

(Total for Question 6 = 3 marks)

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7 A pH probe was placed in some milk. The graph shows what happened.

Explain why the pH changed in this way.

(Total for Question 7 = 2 marks)

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8 This food chain contains three microorganisms that are found in pond water.
Chlamydomonas → Paramecium → Didinium
(a) Underline the producer in this food chain.
(1)

(b) The diagram shows a pyramid of biomass for this food chain. Label the bars of the pyramid
using the names of the microorganisms.

(1)

(c) Explain the shape of the pyramid.

(2)

(d) Some Amoeba got into the pond. Amoeba also eat Paramecium but not Didinium. Explain
why the biomass of Didinium falls.

(2)

(Total for Question 8 = 6 marks)

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9 The drawing shows a photosynthetic unicellular organism called Chlorella.

(a) What is the correct meaning of ‘unicellular’? Tick one box.

A made of only one cell

B made of many cells

C not made of cells

D made of one type of cell

(1)

(b) Write the labels P, Q and R on the diagram above to show different parts of the cell. Then
fill in the table below to give the names of the parts and their functions.

Letter Name of part Function of part

P

(6)

(Total for Question 9 = 7 marks)

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