Usman Public School System

Revision Worksheet 2019 – 2020

Name: ______________________Roll No: _____ Date: ________

1. Name the process by which plants get

a. Mineral salts___________________
b. Water________________________
c. Carbon Dioxide________________
2. Which of the processes in Q1
a. Occurs across a partially-permeable membrane__________________
b. Is applicable to movement of solute only________________________
c. Requires cellular respiration__________________________________
3. Read the statements A to F below and answer the following questions.
a. Only one statement below is correct. Which one is it?
b. The other statements can be corrected by changing just one word. For each
incorrect statement, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the box
beside it.
a. A cell membrane is like a very fine sieve allowing only water molecules to pass
though it.

b. Diffusion of water through the cell wall is called osmosis

c. Wilting occurs only when less water leaves the cell than enters it

d. Diffusion results from the unidirectional movement of particles

e. Active cells are small and contain plenty of mitochondria

f. As cells grow in size, their metabolic rate usually increases

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4. An experiment was set up as shown and left for 15 minutes. (Note: Iodine
reacts with starch to give a characteristic dark blue colour)

Starch solution

Water coloured
with iodine

a. What do you observe at the end of the experiment?

b. Give an explanation for these observations.

5. Explain the differences observed between how red blood cells and onion cells
behave in water and strong sucrose solution.
a. In distilled water
b. In strong sucrose solution
6. The diagram shows a cross-section of a root hair cell. Indicated on this diagram are
four ways whereby molecules can move into or out of the cell. The size of the circle
indicates the concentration of the molecule.

C A
D

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a. Which arrow A, B, C or D represents the
i. Movement of mineral salts?
ii. Movement of water?

b. Name both the processes listed in (a), giving reasons

c. If glucose moves from this cell to neighbouring cell, which arrow will best
represent this movement?
d. Name this process.