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OCR Biology - Exchange and Animal Transport

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you listen to a heartbeat you hear a LUB-DUB sound. What is the LUB sound?

a)

Closing of the AV valves

b)

Sound of blood rushing into Atria

c)

Sound of blood rushing into Ventricles

d)

Closing of Semilunar valves

2.

CO2 is converted into carbonic acid in the cytoplasm of red blood cells by the enzyme...

a)

haemocyanin

b)

carbonic anhydrase

c)

oxyhaemoglobin

d)

oxyanhydrase

3.

Which of the following is not a way to increase the efficiency of a respiratory system?

a)

increase the surface area available for diffusion of gases

b)

decrease the distance over which the gases must diffuse

c)

dry the system so gases don't have to diffuse through water

d)

all of these will increase efficiency

4.

The majority of carbon dioxide is transported in the blood...

a)

Dissolved in the plasma

b)

Combined with haemoglobin to form carbaminohaemoglobin

c)

Bound to oxygen molecules

d)

Converted into H2CO3- ions

5.

In a countercurrent exchange system the fluids flow the same way.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

which of these is a passive process?

a)

Inspiration

b)

Expiration

c)

Forced expiration

d)

Forced inspiration

7.

Match the definition- The volume of air breathed in and out in normal resting conditions.

a)

Tidal volume

b)

Vital capacity

c)

Residual volume

d)

Peak flow

8.

Where does most gas exchange occur in insects?

a)

Spiracles

b)

Trachea

c)

Lungs

d)

Tracheoles

9.

A circulatory system where blood travels through the heart once in a circuit

a)

Single

b)

Double

c)

Open

d)

Closed

10.

What are the blood cells that transport oxygen?

a)

Fibrinogen

b)

Leukocytes

c)

Erythrocytes

d)

Phagocytes

11.

What separates the left and right sides of the heart?

a)

Semilunar valve

b)

Septum

c)

Mitral valve

d)

Bicupsid valve

12.

Correct order...?

a)

SAN, AVN, delay, bundle of His, Purkyne fibres

b)

SAN, delay, AVN, bundle of His Purkyne fibres

c)

SAN, AVN, bundle of His, delay, Purkyne fibres

d)

SAN, AVN, delay, purkyne fibres

13.

Which of these does not happen during inspiration?

a)

Diaphragm contracts

b)

Volume of thorax increases

c)

Internal intercostal muscles contract

d)

Pressure of thorax decreases

14.

In which type of circulatory system is the transport medium loose in the body cavity?

a)

Single

b)

Double

c)

Open

d)

Closed

15.

Which of these statements is incorrect

a)

Foetal haemoglobin has a higher affinity for oxygen than adult haemoglobin

b)

At higher partial pressures of oxygen, blood has a higher affinity for oxygen

c)

At higher partial pressures of CO2, haemoglobin has a higher affinity for oxygen

d)

Blood has a lower affinity for oxygen at low partial pressures of oxygen