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Homeostasis and Disease

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 17mins

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Class
Date
1.

Antibiotics can be used to treat disease. Antibiotics kill:

a)

Antibodies

b)

Prions

c)

Viruses

d)

Bacteria

2.

Select the correct statement about bacteria:

a)

All bacteria are harmful

b)

Bacterial cells are smaller than viral particles

c)

Some bacteria produce useful products such as cheese and yoghurt

d)

Bacterial infections do not respond to antibiotics

3.

A virus:

a)

Kills cells before consuming them as food

b)

Grows on the outside of cells

c)

Is a type of cell

d)

Enters a cell, and reproduces inside the cell

4.

Redness and swelling in an infected area is due to:

a)

A large number of disease-causing microbes

b)

More rapid blood flow to the area and increase immune cell activity

c)

Heat produced by the invading microbes

d)

The skin producing defence cells

5.

The main weapon of the lymphatic system is:

a)

White blood cells

b)

Red blood cells

c)

Platelets

d)

Pus

6.

Chemical produced by the human body to remove disease particles are called

a)

Immunogens

b)

Pathogens

c)

Antimatter

d)

Antibodies

7.

The Third Line of Defence does not involve which of the following:

a)

Skin

b)

Anitbodies

c)

T-cells

d)

B-cells

8.

A communicable (contagious) human disease is one that

a)

Is infectious and is easily transmitted from person to person

b)

Is inherited

c)

Is caused by an environmental factor

d)

Affects large numbers of people in a given population

9.

Which of the following is a natural method of disease control used by the human body?

a)

Immunisation by a vaccine containing live organisms

b)

Action of white blood cells in the body

c)

Producing antibiotics by body cells

d)

Immunisation by a vaccine containing antibodies

10.

Which of the following is symptom of a disease?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Blood Test

c)

Fever

d)

Epidemic

11.

Which of the following statements about hormonal control is correct?

a)

It gives rapid response to stimuli.

b)

It only responds to external stimuli.

c)

It is usually responsible for long-term adjustments of the body.

d)

Its action is completely independent and does not involve the brain.

12.

Which of the following statements concerning feedback mechanisms is correct?

a)

Positive feedback results in the reversal of an existing condition.

b)

Positive and negative feedback result in further change in the direction of an existing condition.

c)

Negative feedback results in the reversal of an existing condition.

d)

Positive feedback reinforces negative feedback.

13.

A _____________ ______________ takes a message from receptors, to the central nervous system

(a)  

14.

A __________ ____________ takes a message from the central nervous system, to the effector muscle or tissue.

(a)  

15.

Select non-specific mechanisms of the immune system

a)

phagocytes

b)

b-cells

c)

antibodies

d)

mucus

e)

histamine

16.

An increase in ADH secretion causes the kidneys to reabsorb (a)   water

17.

When the solute concentration is high, water in the blood is low, the hypothalamus detects this and the pituitary gland produces more (a)   .

18.

Label part A of the neuron

a)

Cell leg

b)

Cell body

c)

Dendrite

d)

Antenna

19.

Label part B on the diagram

a)

Nucleus

b)

Eye

c)

Brain

d)

Cell Body

20.

Label part C of the neuron

a)

Ganglia

b)

Schwann Cell

c)

Nucleus

d)

Node of Ranvier

21.

Label part D on the diagram

a)

DNA

b)

Effector tissue

c)

Relay neuron

d)

Receptors

22.

The electrical impulse would travel along this specialised cell in a (a)   direction (left to right, right to left)

23.

True or false, the third line of defence is non-specific

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Bacteria have:

a)

Membrane bound organelles

b)

Cell membrane

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Cell wall

25.

Fungi are:

a)

Eukaryotic

b)

Prokaryotic

c)

Plants

26.

Viruses are considered as living cells

a)

True

b)

False

27.

In the first quarter of 2014, how many cases of malaria were reported

a)

250

b)

68000

c)

89000

d)

330