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LIFE SCIENCES

GRADE 11 Term 2
MICROORGANISMS REVISION QUESTIONS

Marks: 20 Time: 20 minutes

QUESTION 1
A number of responses are provided for each question.
Read the question and choose the most suitable response from those provided.
1.1 Viruses are composed mainly of
A. DNA or RNA.
B. peptidoglycan and nucleic acid.
C. cytoplasm and nucleic acid.
D. cellulose and cytoplasm.

1.2 The following can be classified as acellular.


A. An alga
B. A fungus
C. A bacterium
D. A bacteriophage

1.3 What part of the life cycle of a bacteriophage is seen in the diagram below?
A. Lysis
B. Assembly
C. Penetration
D. Adsorption

1.4 Mutualistic nitrogen fixing bacteria …


A. occur in the colon of humans.
B occur in the nodules of legumes (peas and beans).
C. bring about immunity against disease.
D. convert nitrates into nitrogen gas.

1.5 Why are antibiotics ineffective against viruses?


A. Viruses do not have metabolic pathways for the antibiotic to target.
B. Viruses have developed resistance to antibiotics.
C. Viruses destroy T-lymphocytes before the antibiotic can work.
D. Viruses mutate quickly when challenged by an antibiotic.

1.6 Which of the following statements about bacteria and human interactions is true?
A. Useful bacteria can under certain circumstances become harmful.
B. All bacteria cause disease.
C. All bacteria are useful.
D. Bacteria reproduce only in a human cell.

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LIFE SCIENCES
GRADE 11 Term 2
MICROORGANISMS REVISION QUESTIONS

1.7 A scientist discovered a living cell with a distinctive cell wall but no definite (true) nucleus. The cell
is likely to be that of a / an
A. plant
B. protozoan
C. alga
D. bacterium

1.8 Protists:
A. Reproduce mainly by spores.
B. Can be unicellular and multicellular.
C. Have peptidoglycan in their cell walls.
D. Lack membrane bound organelles.

1.9 The scarlet cup fungus (Sarcoscypha coccinea) obtains its nutrition from decaying wood by
releasing digestive enzymes into the wood and absorbing the digested products.
Which of the following terms describe(s) the fungus?
(i) autotroph
(ii) heterotroph
(iii) saprotroph
A. (i) and (iii) only
B. (ii) and (iii) only
C. (iii) only
D. (i), (ii) and (iii)

1.10 Indicate which of the following diseases is caused by a parasitic fungus.


A. Influenza
B. Tuberculosis
C. Malaria
D. Thrush

1.11 The single-celled organism that causes malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes.


How is a mosquito best described?
A. a disease
B. a pathogen
C. a phagocyte
D. a vector

1.12 ‘This group of organisms have long thread like bodies. Their cells contain nuclei. Some of them
produce antibiotics.’
Which group of organisms is being described?
A. bacteria
B. fungi
C. plants
D. viruses

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LIFE SCIENCES
GRADE 11 Term 2
MICROORGANISMS REVISION QUESTIONS

1.13 Which diseases can be cured with antibiotics?


gonorrhoea HIV infection syphilis Key
A u u u
u=present
B ³ u ³
C u ³ u
³=absent
D ³ ³ u

1.14 The table shows some structures found in four different cells.
Which cell is from a fungus?
nuclear
cell wall cell membrane chloroplasts Key
membrane
A u u u ³
u=present
B ³ u ³ ³
C u ³ u u
³=absent
D ³ ³ u u

1.15 Which method will not help to control the transmission of malaria?
A. draining areas of open water.
B. ensuring that sewage does not contaminate water.
C. sleeping under a mosquito net.
D. spraying ponds and ditches with insecticide.

1.16 What are the causative agents of cholera, malaria and TB?
cholera malaria TB
A bacterium insect virus
B bacterium protozoan bacterium
C virus insect virus
D virus protozoan bacterium

1.17 For which disease is vaccination the most successful method of prevention?
A. cholera
B. HIV / AIDS
C. TB
D. malaria

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LIFE SCIENCES
GRADE 11 Term 2
MICROORGANISMS REVISION QUESTIONS

1.18 Leguminous plants have root nodules containing bacteria.


The diagram shows a transverse section through part of the root and root nodule of a leguminous
plant.

Identify each numbered part.


1 2 3 4
A phloem tissue sugar from host nitrogen amino acid to host
B phloem tissue water from host ammonium ions nitrate to host
C xylem tissue sugar from host nitrate ions water to host
D xylem tissue water from host carbon dioxide sugar to host

1.19 Which of the following is a characteristic of fungi?


A. prokaryotic
B. photosynthetic
C. unicellular
D. chitin cell walls

1.20 Which organism has chromatin network freely located in the cytoplasm?
A. viruses
B. bacteria
C. protozoa
D. algae
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LIFE SCIENCES
GRADE 11 Term 2
MICROORGANISMS REVISION QUESTIONS

MEMORANDUM
Marks: 20 Time: 20 minutes
Question 1
1.1 Bü 1.8 Bü 1.15 Bü
1.2 Dü 1.9 Bü 1.16 Bü
1.3 Cü 1.10 Dü 1.17 Bü
1.4 Bü 1.11 Dü 1.18 Aü
1.5 Aü 1.12 Bü 1.19 Dü
1.6 Aü 1.13 Cü 1.20 Bü
1.7 Dü 1.14 Aü
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