8D End of Unit Test Higher (H)

Name Class Date

Topics covered: unicellular, multicellular, fungi, bacteria, protoctists &
decomposers

1 This food chain contains three microorganisms.

Chlamydomonas → Paramecium → Didinium
Explain why there are fewer Didinium cells than there are Paramecium cells.

[2 marks]

2 A pH probe was placed in some milk. The graph shows what happened.

Explain why the pH changed in this way.

[2 marks]

3 Glucose is an organic compound. Name one other organic compound. Tick one box.

A carbon dioxide

B water

C salt

D protein

Page 1 of 5
8D End of Unit Test Higher (H)

[1 mark]

Page 2 of 5
 8D End of Unit Test Higher (H)

4 Maddy and Lilia are making bread. They make two different types of dough. They put a small
amount of each dough mixture into two separate measuring cylinders and put the measuring
cylinders in a warm place. The table shows their results:

Dough A (100 g flour, Dough B (100 g flour,

5 g sugar, 3.5 g yeast, 10 g sugar, 3.5 g yeast,
120 cm3 water) 120 cm3 water)
Starting volume (cm3) 30 20
Finishing volume (cm )
3
55 50

a Why does the dough rise? Tick one box.

A The sugar produces oxygen gas.

B The flour produces carbon dioxide gas.

C The yeast produces oxygen gas.

D The yeast produces carbon dioxide gas.

[1 mark]

b At the end of the experiment there were many more yeast cells than there were at the start.
Describe how one yeast cell can become many yeast cells. Draw a diagram as part of your
answer.

[2 marks]

Page 3 of 5
5
8D End of Unit Test Higher (H)

a Many bacteria are decomposers. What does a decomposer do? Tick one box.

A breaks down dead organisms

B infects living organisms

C photosynthesises

D kills living organisms

[1 mark]

b Explain why decomposers are very important in an ecosystem.

[2 marks]

c Yeast is also a decomposer.

Bacteria and yeast do not belong to the same kingdom of organisms. State one difference
between bacteria and yeast.

[1 mark]

6 The drawing shows a photosynthetic unicellular organism called Chlorella.

Add lines with labels P, Q and R to the diagram to show different parts of the cell. Then fill in
the table on the next page to give the names of the parts and their functions.

Page 4 of 5
 8D End of Unit Test Higher (H)

Letter Name of part Function of part

P

[6 marks]

7 The graph shows how a population of yeast cells changed over two weeks.

a When was the population growing fastest? Tick one box.

A days 0 – 4

B days 4 – 7

C days 7 – 10

D days 10 – 15

[1 mark]

Page 5 of 5
 8D End of Unit Test Higher (H)

b Explain what is happening to the yeast population from day 10 to day 11.

[2 marks]

c Explain what is happening to the yeast population after day 11.

[1 mark]

8 Some foods are dried to stop them going rotten. Explain how drying food stops moulds
growing.

[2 marks]

9 Explain how an increase in the numbers of yeast cells in an ecosystem will affect the supply of
carbon for photosynthetic protoctists.

[1 mark]

Page 6 of 5