AQA Cell Biology - Topic 1

Question 1

What is the purpose of respiration?

Accepted Answer

to provide energy

Question 2

What precaution should be taken when you see this hazard symbol?

Accepted Answer

avoid contact with skin, wear eye protection, do not taste, wear gloves

Question 3

glucose + oxygen → energy + carbon dioxide + water (Is the equation for what type of respiration?)

Accepted Answer

aerobic respiration

Question 4

Sperm cell divides by the process of cell division known as Mitosis? Is it True or False?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Which of the structure below is found only in a plant cell?

Accepted Answer

permanent vacuole

Question 6

Name the place in the cell where most reactions for aerobic respiration take place.

Accepted Answer

Mitochondria

Question 7

Which of the following spelling is correct?

Accepted Answer

chlorophyll

Question 8

Yeast is used to produce alcohol because yeasts respire...

Accepted Answer

anaerobically

Question 9

Which of the equation is for anaerobic respiration in yeast?

Accepted Answer

glucose → carbon dioxide + alcohol/ethanol

Question 10

Bacteria cells have chloroplasts. Is it True or False?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

These are responsible for making proteins in the cell. What are they?

Accepted Answer

ribosomes

Question 12

Egg cell in human divides by meiosis cell division. Is it True or False?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

True or False? "All plant cells lose the ability to differentiate at an early stage."

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Cells produced by mitosis are said to contain what with the parent cell?

Accepted Answer

identical DNA

Question 15

The equation for anaerobic respiration is......

Accepted Answer

glucose → lactic acid + energy

Question 16

The chromosomes carries the DNA, true or false?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

What are the specialised cells that transport mineral ions, water and sugar around the plant?

Accepted Answer

Vascular bundles, xylem and phloem

Question 18

What are the growing areas of a plant called?

Accepted Answer

meristem

Question 19

How many chromosomes are in a human body cell?

Accepted Answer

46 number, 23 pairs

Question 20

Bacteria cells don't have a 'true' nucleus. True or False?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

What is produced in the muscles during anaerobic respiration in humans?

Accepted Answer

lactic acid

Question 22

The equation for fermentation is...

Accepted Answer

Glucose → alcohol + carbon dioxide

Question 23

One of the reasons below is why root do not usually contain chloroplasts. Which one?

Accepted Answer

they are in the dark

Question 24

Which one the following statements about stem cells is correct?

Accepted Answer

they can differentiate into many type of cells

Question 25

Bacteria cells can reproduce using a type of simple cell division called what?

Accepted Answer

binary division, binary fission

Question 26

What is the maximum temperature the microorganisms should be grown at in a school lab?

Accepted Answer

250C

Question 27

Plants and animals have many complex cells and are multicellular organisms. So they are known as what?

Accepted Answer

Eukaryotes

Question 28

The two types of respiration are....

Accepted Answer

aerobic and anaerobic respiration

Question 29

The process by which a cell changes to become specialised for its job is called what?

Accepted Answer

Differentiation

Question 30

Why shouldn't a temperature above 250C be used to grow microorganisms in a school lab? This is because.............

Accepted Answer

harmful microbes are more likely to grow

Question 31

True or False? "Specialised cells only exist in animals."

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

Which statement best describe chloroplasts?

Accepted Answer

.... absorb light energy to make glucose

Question 33

Undifferentiated cells that can produce many more cells of the same type, and specialised cells by differentiation are..

Accepted Answer

stem cells

Question 34

Organisms such as bacteria have smaller and simpler cells and are known as what?

Accepted Answer

Prokaryotic

Question 35

Which is the odd one out of the following?

Accepted Answer

red label cell

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