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1 Cells are very small. A microscope is used to see them.

Complete these sentences by crossing out the wrong words: “We use a microscope to see things that are very clear/dark/small. We put the

thing we want to look at on a eyepiece/objective lens/slide. If a part of a cell is

hard to see, we may use a objective lens/stage/stain to make it show up,” [3 marks]

2 Label the parts of the microscope. Use the words in the box.

[3 marks]

eyepiece objective lens stage

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3 The drawings show an animal cell and a plant cell.

Animal Cell Plant Cell

cell membrane

cell wall

chloroplast

nucleus

cytoplasm

Put ticks in the table, to show the parts of cells found in plant cells and/or

animal cells. The first row has been done for you.

Part Animal Cell Plant Cell

Cell membrane � �

Cell wall

Chloroplasts

Cytoplasm

Nucleus

[2 marks]

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4 Label the organs on the human body using words from the box.

[4 marks] 5 The drawings show some special cells:

Join the cells in this list with what they do. One has been done for you. Draw only three lines.

Cells What cells do

Nerve cells Help us to move

Muscle cells Take in water

Root hair cells Send impulses

Palisade cells containing chloroplasts

Use light to make food

Hold the living thing straight up [3 marks]

brain heart intestine lung stomach