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Quick Quiz

On your answer sheet, write in the correct letter for each question.

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1 Which of these is not a life process?

A living
B growing
C reproducing
D respiring
2 Two different sorts of microbes are:
A plants and fungi.
B crustaceans and viruses.
C viruses and bacteria.
D viruses and pollen grains.
3 Which of these lists the organisms in the
correct size order, smallest first?
A viruses, bacteria, fungi, rose bushes,
elephants
B elephants, rose bushes, fungi, bacteria,
viruses
C bacteria, viruses, fungi, rose bushes,
elephants
D fungi, bacteria, viruses, rose bushes,
elephants

2 What gas is needed for aerobic respiration?

A carbon dioxide
B water
C oxygen
D carbon monoxide
3 Which of these shows the correct word
equation for fermentation?
A oxygen + glucose carbon dioxide +
water
B carbon dioxide + water oxygen +
glucose
C glucose carbon dioxide + ethanol
D xenon + krypton argon + neon + moron
4 The graph shows the growth of a population
of yeast.
P
Number of
yeast cells

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4 Why do scientists not classify viruses as living

things?
A They cannot carry out all seven of the life
processes.
B They can give people diseases.
C They do not have lungs and so cannot
breathe.
D They are too small to see.

Time

At point P the graph becomes level. One

reason for this might be that:
A the yeast cells can only grow to a certain
size.
B the food for the yeast has started to run
out.
C is has got dark and there is not enough
light for the yeast to grow.
D the carbon dioxide for the yeast has started
to run out.

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1 Which microbe is used to make bread rise?
A bacteria
B yeast
C plants
D sodium bicarbonate

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Quick Quiz (continued)

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1 Colds are caused by:
A bacteria.
B fungi.
C getting too cold.
D viruses.
2 Dimitri has a cold. He may have caught this
by:
A standing in a cold place for too long.
B not eating enough fruits and vegetables.
C breathing in air containing a microbe.
D staying up too late and getting very tired.
3 The signs of a disease are known as its:
A symptoms.
B diagnosis.
C microbes.
D problems.
4 A theory is:
A the results of an experiment.
B the observations made during an
experiment.
C a scientific idea that can be tested.
D another word for a prediction.

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1 Bacon goes off least quickly if it is kept in a:
A fridge.
B fruit bowl.
C bread box. D freezer.
2 One part of your body that tries to keep
microbes out is your:
A hair.
B blood.
C arm.
D skin.

3 Look at the diagram.

The organ shown in the
diagram can kill microbes
because:
A it is very hot.
B it squashes them.
C there is no air in it.
D it contains a strong
acid.
4 Antibodies are made by:
A red blood cells.
B white blood cells.
C bacteria.
D platelets.

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1 If a person is immune to a disease, they:
A keep on getting it over and over again.
B can never get the disease.
C need to be taken special care of because
the disease might kill them.
D can only get the disease two or three times
during their lives.
2 Vaccines make your body:
A produce antibodies against a disease.
B stop working to allow an operation to be
done.
C cool you down when you get a
temperature.
D produce extra cells to mend broken bones.
3 An antibiotic is a medicine that:
A kills bacteria and viruses.
B kills only viruses.
C kills only bacteria.
D is dangerous and so is no longer used.
4 A microbe that is not affected by an antibiotic
is said to be:
A susceptible to the antibiotic.
B resistant to the antibiotic.
C killed by the antibiotic.
D denatured by the antibiotic.
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