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KS3 Organisms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the function of carbohydrates?

a)

Growth and repair

b)

Primary energy source

c)

Pushes food through the digestive system

d)

Maintain good health

2.

What is the correct definition of malnutrition?

a)

Being underweight

b)

Being overweight

c)

Being obese

d)

An unbalanced diet lacking in a specific nutrient

3.

What is the function of fat?

a)

Growth and repair

b)

Primary source of energy

c)

Insulation and energy store

d)

Push food through the digestive system

4.

Where is water absorbed in the digestive system?

a)

Large intestine

b)

Small intestine

c)

Pancreas

d)

Stomach

5.

What is the function of the liver?

a)

To break down sugar

b)

To store fat

c)

To produce bile

d)

To detoxify the blood

6.

Where does gas exchange occur in the lungs?

a)

Trachea

b)

Bronchi

c)

Alveoli

d)

Bronchioles

7.

Which gas is transferred from the blood into the alveoli?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon-dioxide

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Chlorine

8.

How does exercise affect the body?

a)

Increases the heart-rate

b)

Decrease the heart-rate

c)

Increases respiratory rate

d)

Decreases respiratory rate

9.

What is the function of protein in the diet?

a)

Growth and repair

b)

Energy store

c)

Insulation

d)

Helps digestion

10.

What could eating too much fact lead to?

a)

Obesity

b)

High blood pressure

c)

Diabetes

d)

Low blood pressure

11.

What does inhalation mean?

a)

Breathing in

b)

Breathing out

12.

What does exhalation?

a)

Breathing in

b)

Breathing out

13.

Which enzyme breaks down fat?

a)

Lipase

b)

Protease

c)

Amylase

14.

Which enzyme breaks down carbohydrates?

a)

Lipase

b)

Protease

c)

Amylase

15.

Which enzyme breaks down protein?

a)

Lipase

b)

Protease

c)

Amylase

16.

What is the function of an enzyme?

a)

To break things down

b)

To speed up the rate of a reaction

c)

To be a protein

d)

To make sugar

17.

What will happen to an enzyme if the temperature is too high?

a)

It will denature

b)

It will die

c)

It will speed up

d)

It will slow down

18.

Which organ in the body produces acid?

a)

Liver

b)

Spleen

c)

Pancreas

d)

Stomach

19.

Name the process by which energy is released

a)

Digestion

b)

Breathing

c)

Respiration

d)

Photosynthesis

20.

What is the smallest unit of life?

a)

Tissue

b)

Cell

c)

Organ

d)

Organ system