UNIT 1 –BASIS OF LIFE 3 E.S.O.

1) Which are the main bioelements? What is the basic chemical element in Biology?

2) Explain, in your words, the difference between anatomy and physiology.

3) Is this an animal or a plant cell? Explain why.

Label the pointed structures and find out its function.

4) Write a table with the different Levels of organization of life and give an example at each level.

LEVELS OF EXAMPLES
ORGANIZATION

Subatomic
Atomic
Molecule
Cell
Tissue
Organ

 What is the first living level of organization of life.

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5) In which level of organization of life would you place these examples:

ARN / stomach / neurone / electron / blood / Hydrogen atom / bone / a human being / heart:

6) Answer these questions about the cell…

a) What is a Cell?

b) Differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell?

c) About human cells, are they, eukaryotic or prokaryotic?

d) What are the 3 most important parts in a human cell?

7) Describe similarities and differences between animal and plant cell?

8) What is a tissue?

9) Define:
 OSMOSIS-

 DIFUSSION-

10) Classify the following under the headings 'Cell structure', 'Tissue', 'Organ' or System'.
bone, nucleus, skeleton, brain, nerve, mitochondrion, muscle, cytoplasm, epithelium, heart and
blood vessels, stomach, alimentary canal, lung, lungs and windpipe

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IGCSE QUESTIONS

Boiling potatoes destroys their cell membranes. A peeled, boiled potato strip is placed in a
concentrated solution of salts.

Osmosis is defined as the diffusion of water molecules

(a) down their concentration gradient through a partially permeable membrane.
(b) down their concentration gradient through a permeable membrane.
(c) up their concentration gradient through a partially permeable membrane.
(d) up their concentration gradient through a permeable membrane.

A red blood cell is placed in a concentrated sugar solution. What happens and why?
A The cell bursts as sugar molecules diffuse into it.
B The cell bursts because the concentrated sugar solution enters it.
C The cell shrinks because sugar molecules leave it.
D The cell shrinks because water leaves it.

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The diagram shows a type of plant cell.

In which tissue is this cell found?

A leaf epidermis
B palisade mesophyll
C root epidermis
D xylem

Which structure is found only in plant cells?

A cell membrane
B chloroplast
C cytoplasm
D nucleus

The table shows features that may be found in cells.

Which is true for a liver cell?

A student investigated osmosis in potatoes. He set up the apparatus shown.

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At the beginning the potato cylinders were exactly balanced. He immersed the cylinders
into the liquids for 4 hours, after which the cylinders were lifted out of the liquids.
Cylinder P was now heavier than cylinder Q.

Which statement explains what happened?

A Water moved into both cylinders.
B Water moved out of both cylinders.
C Water moved into the cylinder in the distilled water and out of the cylinder in the
sugar solution.
D Water moved

The diagram shows a type of cell.

Using the key below, which letter identifies the cell?

1 cell has a nucleous go to2

cell has no nucleus .. go to 3
………………………….
2 cell has a central vacuole A
…………………….
cell has no central vacuole B
……………………
3 cell has granules inside it C
……………………..
cell has no granules inside it D
………………….

The diagram shows a liver cell.

Which structure is found in a palisade cell that is not present in this liver cell?
A cell membrane
B chloroplast
C cytoplasm
D nucleus

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Which diagram shows a plant cell?

Which statement about cells or tissues, is correct?

A Cells in the respiratory tract are long and thin.
B Muscle cells are biconcave.
C Red blood cells have no nucleus.
D Xylem vessels have ciliated cells.

Which structures must be present in a cell for osmosis to take place?

A cell (sap) vacuole and cell wall
B cell wall and cell membrane
C chloroplast and cytoplasm
D cytoplasm and cell membrane

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