AQA GCSE PE Paper 1

What are the main components of the cardiovascular system?

• Heart, blood vessels, lungs

• Veins, arteries, capillaries

• Heart, blood, blood vessels

• Blood vessels, blood, haemoglobin

Which is NOT a function of the cardiovascular system?

• Produce energy

• Transport oxygen

• Remove waste products

Which of the following delivers oxygen to cells?

• Red Blood cells
• White blood cells
• Platelets
• Plasma

Which of the following are the blood vessels that have a wall that is 1 cell thick?

• Veins

• Arteries

• Capillaries

What is the role of the respiratory system?

• Add CO2
• Remove O2 
• Add CO2 and remove O2
• Add O2 and remove CO2 

At the alveoli the O2 and CO2 are swapped through gaseous exchange into and out of the....

• Capillary

• Vessel

• Vein

• Arteries

The air sacs that are covered with capillaries where gaseous exchange takes place

• Bronchi

• Lungs

• Oxygen

• Alveoli

Gaseous exchange happens because of...

• Osmosis

• Respiration

• Diffusion

• Semi-permeable membranes

Diffusion is...

• Movement of gas from an area of high concentration to high

• Movement of gas from an area of high concentration to low

• Movement of gas from an area of low concentration to high

• Movement of gas from an area of low concentration to low

Air arriving in the alveoli has a...

• Higher concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) and a lower concentration of oxygen (O2)

• Higher concentration of oxygen (O2) and a lower concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2)