Cells

Saraswati Vidya Niketan

Human and Social Biology

Name: Form:

Instructions: Answer all questions. Time: 30 mins

Question 1

(a) Draw and label the structure of a plant cell. (5 marks)

(b) Name the cell organelles which carry out the following functions: (5 marks)
(i) Produces and releases energy
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(ii) Acts as a semi-permeable membrane
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(iii) Give the cell its shape
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(iv) Makes proteins
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(v) Traps sunlight during photosynthesis
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Question 2

Mark and John are observing various cells under a microscope and noticed that there are differences among
some of the cells.

(a) State three major differences between a plant cell and animal cell. (3 marks)
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(b) State three differences between a plant cell and bacterium. (3 marks)
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(c) Mark observed that a car has wheels so it can carry out movement, burns fuel for respiration and even
excretes smoke through the exhaust and so thinks that his car is alive. His friend John however disagrees
and says that the car is not a living organism. Name two characteristics of living organism that a car cannot
display. (2 marks)
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(d) Mark also suggests that a fungi cell is the same as a plant cell while John says that they are different. Who
do you think is correct? Give two reasons for your answer. (2 marks)
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