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Name five parts of an animal cell?
Ans: Nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane, ribosomes,
mitochondria
Name three structures found in plant cells but not in animal
cells?
Ans: Chloroplast, Cell wall, Vacuole
What type of cell(s) contain plasmids?
Ans: Bacteria
Name the part of the cell that controls the activities of the
cell?
Ans: Nucleus
What important substances are made by ribosomes?
Ans: Proteins
What controls the entry and exit of materials in a cell?
Ans: Cell membrane
What is the function of the cytoplasm?
Ans: Site of chemical reactions
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What is the site of aerobic respiration (a chemical reaction
which releases energy from food) in a cell?
Ans: Mitochondria
Which types of cell(s) have a cell wall?
Ans: Plants, Fungal and Bacterial
Where do you call the fluid-filled sac containing water,
sugars and salts which is found in a plant or fungal cell?
Ans: Vacuole
What chemical reaction takes place inside a chloroplast
uisng energy from the sun?
Ans: Photosynthesis
Name the pigment found in chloroplasts which trap light
energy from the sun?
Ans: Chlorophyll
What is a plant cell wall composed of?
Ans: Cellulose
Are plant and bacterial cell walls made of cellulose?
Ans: No - only plant
Name two type of cells other than animal and plant.
Ans: Fungal and bacterial cells
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Name two ways in which bacterial cells are different to the
other three types.
Ans: Bacterial cells have no nucleus and no
organelles except ribosomes.
What do bacteria have instead of a nucleus?
Ans: A loop of DNA and circular plasmids.
Which two substances make up the cell membrane?
Ans: Phospholipids and proteins
What do you call the movement of molecules from a region
of higher concentration to lower concentration (down the
concentration gradient).
Ans: Diffusion
State two useful substances that cells gain by diffusion
Ans: Oxygen, glucose, amino acids
State two waste substances that cells lose by diffusion
Ans: Carbon dioxide, urea
What is meant by passive transport?
Ans: A type of transport that occurs down the
concentration gradient and does not require energy.
What words describe the property of cell membranes
whereby they allow only some substances to cross.
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National 5 Biology PRELIM Latest
Questions and Graded Answers
Name five parts of an animal cell?
Ans: Nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane, ribosomes,
mitochondria
Name three structures found in plant cells but not in animal
cells?
Ans: Chloroplast, Cell wall, Vacuole
What type of cell(s) contain plasmids?
Ans: Bacteria
Name the part of the cell that controls the activities of the
cell?
Ans: Nucleus
What important substances are made by ribosomes?
Ans: Proteins
What controls the entry and exit of materials in a cell?
Ans: Cell membrane
What is the function of the cytoplasm?
Ans: Site of chemical reactions
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What is the site of aerobic respiration (a chemical reaction
which releases energy from food) in a cell?
Ans: Mitochondria
Which types of cell(s) have a cell wall?
Ans: Plants, Fungal and Bacterial
Where do you call the fluid-filled sac containing water,
sugars and salts which is found in a plant or fungal cell?
Ans: Vacuole
What chemical reaction takes place inside a chloroplast
uisng energy from the sun?
Ans: Photosynthesis
Name the pigment found in chloroplasts which trap light
energy from the sun?
Ans: Chlorophyll
What is a plant cell wall composed of?
Ans: Cellulose
Are plant and bacterial cell walls made of cellulose?
Ans: No - only plant
Name two type of cells other than animal and plant.
Ans: Fungal and bacterial cells
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Name two ways in which bacterial cells are different to the
other three types.
Ans: Bacterial cells have no nucleus and no
organelles except ribosomes.
What do bacteria have instead of a nucleus?
Ans: A loop of DNA and circular plasmids.
Which two substances make up the cell membrane?
Ans: Phospholipids and proteins
What do you call the movement of molecules from a region
of higher concentration to lower concentration (down the
concentration gradient).
Ans: Diffusion
State two useful substances that cells gain by diffusion
Ans: Oxygen, glucose, amino acids
State two waste substances that cells lose by diffusion
Ans: Carbon dioxide, urea
What is meant by passive transport?
Ans: A type of transport that occurs down the
concentration gradient and does not require energy.
What words describe the property of cell membranes
whereby they allow only some substances to cross.
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