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Nat 5 Key area 2.6 Transport systems- animals

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of blood vessel contains valves?

a)

Capillaries

b)

Veins

c)

Arteries

2.

Which type of blood vessel carries blood into the heart?

a)

Veins

b)

Arteries

c)

Capillaries

3.

Which type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart ?

a)

Veins

b)

Arteries

c)

Capillaries

4.

Which type of blood vessel forms a dense network to take blood through the organs and other body tissues?

a)

Veins

b)

Capillaries

c)

Arteries

5.

The pulmonary vein enters which chamber of the heart?

a)

left ventricle

b)

right ventricle

c)

left atrium

d)

right atrium

6.

The aorta leaves which chamber of the heart?

a)

Left ventricle

b)

Right ventricle

c)

Left Atrium

d)

Right Atrium

7.

Which blood vessel carries blood at the highest pressure

a)

Veins

b)

Arteries

c)

Capillaries

8.

Which vessel carries blood from the heart to the lungs?

a)

Aorta

b)

Pulmonary vein

c)

Pulmonary artery

d)

Vena cava

9.

Which vessel carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body?

a)

Aorta

b)

Pulmonary vein

c)

Pulmonary artery

d)

Vena cava

10.

What term is used to describe the shape of a red blood cell?

(a)  

11.

Name the molecule found in the red blood cell that transports oxygen.

(a)  

12.

The diagram shows the heart and it blood supply. Identify blood vessels A.

a)

Pulmonary artery

b)

Aorta

c)

Coronary artery

d)

Vena cava

13.

Select the row in the table which contain the correct information about arteries and veins.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

14.

Which of the following blood vessels transports blood to the cardiac muscle

a)

Vena cava

b)

Aotra

c)

Pulmonary artery

d)

Coronary artery

15.

Which of the following characteristics of red blood cells is correct?


1. They have a biconcave shape.

2. They have no nucleus.

3. They contain haemoglobin

4. They have a cell wall

a)

1 and 2

b)

1, 2, and 3

c)

1, 2 and 4

d)

1, 2, 3, and 4

16.

What is the function of phagocytes?

a)

to carry oxygen

b)

to produce antibodies which target pathogens

c)

to engulf and digest harmful pathogens

d)

biological catalysts

17.

State which chamber of the heart blood low in oxygen first enters?

a)

Right atrium

b)

Right ventricle

c)

Left vetricle

d)

Left atrium

18.

What type of cell produces anitbodies?

a)

Phagocytes

b)

Red blood cells

c)

Plasma

d)

Lymphocytes

19.

Which of the following shows the correct direction of blood flow through the heart's vessels and chambers?

a)

pulmonary artery -> right ventricle -> right atrium -> vena cava

b)

vena cava -> right atrium -> right ventricle -> pulmonary artery

c)

vena cava -> right ventricle -> right atrium -> pulmonary artery

d)

pulmonary artery-> right artium -> right ventricle -> vena cava

20.

Which of the following shows the correct direction of blood flow through the heart's vessels and chambers?

a)

pulmonary vein -> left atrium -> left ventricle -> aorta

b)

pulmonary vein -> left ventricle -> left atrium -> aorta

c)

aorta -> left ventricle -> left atrium -> pulmonary vein

d)

aorta -> left artium -> left ventricle -> pulmonary vein

21.

Complete the blank: __________________ blood travels from the body to the heart in a vein called the vena cava and enters the right atrium

a)

oxygenated

b)

deoxygenated

22.

Complete the blank: (a)   have an enormous surface area for exchange of materials and are very close to every single cell in the body.

23.

Which of the following statements about blood cells in false?

a)

Phagocytes engulf and digest harmful pathogens

b)

Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell

c)

Red blood cells have a biconcave shape

d)

White blood cells carry oxygen around the body

24.

The diagram shows the heart and its associated blood vessels.


Which of the following statements is correct ?

a)

W is the left ventricle which pumps blood to the body

b)

X is the left atrium which pumps blood to the lungs

c)

Y is the right ventricle which pumps blood to the lungs

d)

Z is the right atrium which pumps blood to the body

25.

The diagram shows the heart and its circulation. Which labelled structure is the vena cava?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

26.

The diagram shows the heart and its circulation. Which labelled structure is the aorta?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D