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Year 10 Triple Science Cycle 2 B11 knowledge checker

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the function of the adrenal gland?

a)

It makes the hormone insulin that controls blood sugar levels and digestive enzymes.

b)

It makes thyroid hormones, which control your metabolism.

c)

It makes the fight or flight" hormone adrenaline.

d)

It uses information it gets from your brain to "tell" other glands in your body what to do and produces many different important hormones.

2.

What Gland is described as the "Master" gland of the body?

a)

pancreas

b)

pituitary gland

c)

thyroid

d)

adrenal gland

3.

What is the function of the pancreas?

a)

It makes the hormone insulin that controls blood sugar levels and digestive enzymes.

b)

It makes thyroid hormones, which control your metabolism.

c)

It makes the fight or flight" hormone adrenaline.

d)

It uses information it gets from your brain to "tell" other glands in your body what to do and produces many different important hormones.

4.

What is the function of the thyroid?

a)

It makes the hormone insulin that controls blood sugar levels and digestive enzymes.

b)

It makes thyroid hormones, which control your metabolism.

c)

It makes the fight or flight" hormone adrenaline.

d)

It uses information it gets from your brain to "tell" other glands in your body what to do and produces many different important hormones.

5.

What are Hormones?

a)

Electrical signals that are created in our neurons that tell our cells what to do.

b)

Electrical signals that are created in our endocrine glands that tell our cells what to do.

c)

Chemical messengers that are created in our neurones that tell our cells what to do

d)

Chemical messengers that are created in our endocrine glands that tell our cells what to do

6.

How do hormones travel

a)

In neurones

b)

In nerve cells

c)

In our blood

d)

Through our skin

7.

What hormones do Ovaries make?

a)

Testosterone

b)

Oestrogen and Progesterone

c)

Thyroxine

d)

Adrenalin

8.

Which Gland is this?

a)

pancreas

b)

pituitary gland

c)

thyroid

d)

adrenal gland

9.
Insulin causes
a)
a decrease in the concentration of blood glucose
b)
a decrease in the permeability of cell membranes to glucose
c)
an increase in the production of glucose from glycogen
d)
none of these is correct
10.
In what form is carbohydrate stored in the liver?
a)
Glucose
b)
Starch
c)
Glycogen
d)
Glucagon
11.
What is glucagon's major role in the body?
a)
to raise blood sugar
b)
to lower blood sugar
c)
to receive signals from the pituitary
12.

The diagram shows the mechanisms that control the concentration of glucose in the blood.


Which row identifies the glands and hormones labelled W, X, Y and Z?

a)

W - adrenal gland, X - adrenaline, Y - adrenal gland, Z - glucagon

b)

W - adrenal gland, X - adrenaline, Y - pancreas, Z - insulin

c)

W - pancreas, X - glucagon, Y - adrenal gland, Z - insulin

d)

W - pancreas, X - insulin, Y - pancreas, Z - glucagon

13.

What hormones do Testes make?

a)

Testosterone

b)

Oestrogen and Progesterone

c)

Thyroxine

d)

Adrenalin

14.
Which plant hormone is a gas?
a)
auxin
b)
gibberellin
c)
ethene
d)
cytokinin
15.
Which hormone promotes seed germination?
a)
abscisic acid
b)
ethene
c)
gibberellin
d)
auxin
16.
Hormone related to the growth of the plant in response to tropisms
a)
Auxin
b)
Cytokinins
c)
Ethene
d)
Absisic acid
17.
When the plant responds to gravtiy
a)
Phototropism
b)
Thigmotropism
c)
Gravitropism
d)
Hydrotropism
18.
Breaks seed dormancy and promotes growth (can make fruit bigger)
a)
Auxin
b)
Gibberellin
c)
Cytokinins
d)
Ethene
19.
The shoot of a plant growing up. 
a)
Positive Gravitropism 
b)
Negative Gravitropism 
c)
Thigmotropism
d)
Hydrotropism
20.
Helps fruit ripen
a)
Auxin
b)
Gibberellin
c)
Cytokinins
d)
Ethene