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    CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY SCIENCE 9: END-OF-UNIT TEST

    Name ___________________________________ Date _____________

    Disclaimer: This test and mark scheme have been written by the authors.

    End-of-unit test
    Unit 7
    1 Scientists did an experiment to find out if nicotine affects the production of sperm cells in rats.
    They gave different quantities of nicotine to 40 rats.
    They collected sperm cells from the rats and counted the percentage of abnormal sperm cells.
    Abnormal sperm cells are not the normal shape or cannot swim properly.
    The table shows their results.

    Quantity of nicotine Percentage of abnormal sperm cells

    none 6.87

    small quantity 19.88

    large quantity 32.89

    a Write down a conclusion that the scientists can make from their results. [1]

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    b Explain why sperm cells need to be able to swim. [1]

    ____________________________________________________________________________

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    Cambridge Lower Secondary Science 9 – Mary Jones, Diane Fellowes-Freeman and Michael Smyth © Cambridge University Press 2021 1
    CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY SCIENCE 9: END-OF-UNIT TEST

    c Sex inheritance in rats is the same as sex inheritance in humans.


    Explain how sperm cells help to determine the sex of a baby rat. [3]

    ____________________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________________________________

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    2 Draw one line from each word to its description. [2]

    words descriptions

    a thread-like structure
    contained in the nucleus
    of a cell

    DNA

    a chemical with
    molecules shaped like a
    twisted ladder

    chromosome

    the passing on of DNA


    from parents to offspring

    gene

    part of a chromosome
    that helps to determine a
    characteristic

    inheritance

    a sex cell, for example an


    egg or a sperm

    Cambridge Lower Secondary Science 9 – Mary Jones, Diane Fellowes-Freeman and Michael Smyth © Cambridge University Press 2021 2
    CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY SCIENCE 9: END-OF-UNIT TEST

    3 a Farmers who grow rice use pesticides to kill insects called leaf hoppers that eat the rice plants.
    A pesticide is a chemical that kills organisms that can damage a crop.
    After a while, the leaf hoppers become resistant to the pesticides so that the pesticides do not
    kill them. The sentences describe how this happens, but they are not in the correct order.
    A They pass their genes on to their offspring.
    B Over many generations, more and more of the leafhoppers have genes that give them
    resistance to pesticides.
    C The leafhoppers that are resistant are more likely to survive when pesticide is sprayed
    onto the rice plants.
    D Some leafhoppers have versions of their genes that make them resistant to pesticides.
    E The resistant leafhoppers are the only ones that are able to reproduce.
    Write the letters of the sentences in the correct order. One has been placed for you. [2]

    b What is the process that is described by the five sentences A to E? Circle the correct answer. [1]

    development extinction natural selection variation

    Cambridge Lower Secondary Science 9 – Mary Jones, Diane Fellowes-Freeman and Michael Smyth © Cambridge University Press 2021 3

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