WorksheetsEndocrine System Practice
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is the endocrine system?
A system of vessels that circulates blood around the body.
A group of bones and tissue that provides support and structure for the body.
A group of glands that work together with the nervous system to coordinate all body functions
A group of organs that is responsible for eliminating wastes.
What is the main function of the endocrine system?
It creates chemicals, or hormones, that are sent around the body to maintain homeostasis.
It creates electrical messages that are sent around the body to maintain homeostasis.
It maintains the correct level of oxygen in the body to maintain homeostasis.
It releases waste from the body to maintain homeostasis.
The "master gland" is known as the __________________.
thyroid gland.
adrenal gland.
pancreas.
pituitary gland.
Which of the following are chemicals that travel in the blood and cause changes in different parts of the body?
Hormones
Glands
Parathyroid
Adrenal Gland
The response to stress is called
Stay or Stray Response
Fight or Stay Response
Flee or Stray Response
Fight or Flight Response
Which term refers to the body's use of energy for energy and growth?
Excretion
Metabolism
Digestion
Respiration
Produces the hormone insulin and glucagon, which controls the level of glucose in the blood.
Thyroid Gland
Pancreas
Thymus Gland
Pituitary Gland
The pituitary gland is most similar to:
a worker in a factory
a mail carrier
the boss of a big office
a security guard
In what scenario might your body release adrenaline?
when you're waking up from a long night's sleep
when there isn't enough calcium in your bloodstream
when you're threatened by a schoolyard bully
when you've had too much to eat
maintain stable internal conditions. Examples include fever and vomiting.
homeostasis
perspiration
alveoli
epidermis
main organ of the nervous system. protected by the skull, and made of neurons, it is the control center for all actions, thoughts and emotions.
brain
lungs
gland
heart
a body system that controls and coordinates all body activities through electric impulses/messages between brain, spinal cord and nerves.
endocrine system
nervous system
Your pituitary gland controls which of the following?
Sleeping
Metabolism
Body Temperature
Growth
How do your nervous and muscular systems interact?
The brain sends messages telling muscles to contract
Your skull protects your brain
They don't interact
The brain supplies oxygen to muscle cells
How do hormones get to different parts of your body?
They float through air
They don't travel to different parts of your body
They travel in your blood.
They are carried by nerve cells
What is a gland?
A group of organs that work together
The control center of your body
An organ that makes blood
A group of cells that release hormones
A neuron is a
Nerve cell
Hormone
Gland
Organ
