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6. What is the major storage compound found in the cytoplasm?
- Starch
- Lipids
- Glucose
- Sucrose
7. Why are viruses so difficult to kill?
- They adapt to their surroundings so quickly
- They are not alive or dead
- They are specialised to be resistant to the human immune system
- They use cells as meat sheilds
8. What is the main carbohydrate in a vacuole?
- Glucose
- Amino acids
- Starch
- DNA
9. How are sperm cells specialised?
- They swim fast
- They are streamlined and have a tail to swim to the egg, and have a lot of mitochondria for fast respiration
- They can survive extremely acidic environments
- They can hold their breath for a long time
10. What protects the genetic material in a virus?
- Antibodies
- The cell membrane
- A protein coat
- Heavy artillery
11. Which of these is not a bacterial disease?
- HIV/AIDs
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Cholera
- Salmonella
12. What happens in the mitochondria?
- The synthesis of DNA
- The synthesis of proteins
- Respiration
- The synthesis of enzymes
13. What is the maximum length of a bacterium?
- 1cm
- 10 micrometres
- 2 micrometres
- 5 milimetres
14. Why would someone feel tired while their immune system is fighting a virus?
- They are weak
- It's hard to kill viruses without killing the cells they take over
- It takes up a lot of energy
- The viruses are using their glucose
15. What is a skeletal muscle?
- A muscle that is detatched from the bone
- A muscle that is controlled voluntarily
- A muscle that is made of cartilige
- A muscle that is controlled involuntarily
16. Which of these is not a viral disease?
- Polio
- HIV/AIDS
- Salmonella
- Flu
17. Why are stem cells special?
- They can cure cancer
- They can be adapted into any kind of cell the body needs
- They are cheap
- They can be harvested easily
18. What does the nucleus do?
- Make protein
- Control the cell
- Make DNA
- Act as the cell's brain
19. Which of these is an example of smooth muscles?
- Abdominal muscles
- Cardiac muscles
- Chris Hemsworth's pectorals
- Biceps
20. What is therapeutic cloning?
- When a patient's genes are combined with an egg to create an embry and stem cells are then taken from it
- When stem cells are used to heal injuries
- When stem cells are taken from an embryo and the patient's genes are used to make the kind of cell their body needs
- When stem cells are used to treat patients with mental illnesses