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Y9 Respiration and circulation

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the products of aerobic respiration?

a)

glucose and carbon dioxide

b)

glucose and water

c)

carbon dioxide and water

d)

oxygen and water

2.

Where in the body does respiration occur?

a)

In the heart

b)

In all living cells

c)

In the muscles

d)

In the lungs

3.

Respiration is ....

a)

The movement of the diaphragm

b)

Breaking down starch to sugar

c)

Releasing energy from glucose

d)

Breathing

4.

What is this?

a)

a ribosome

b)

a nucleus

c)

a bacterium

d)

a mitochondrion

5.

True or false: cells need oxygen to release large amounts of energy

a)

True

b)

False

6.

True or false: anaerobic respiration releases energy faster than aerobic respiration

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What products are made during anaerobic respiration in yeast?

a)

Carbon dioxide and water

b)

Ethanol and water

c)

Ethanol and carbon dioxide

d)

Lactic acid and carbon dioxide

8.

Aerobic respiration is controlled by

a)

enzymes

b)

hormones

c)

nervous impulses

d)

ribosomes

9.
Which type of respiration is most efficient?
a)
Aerobic
b)
Anaerobic
10.

What are the two different names of heart chambers?

a)

Anodes

b)

Atriums

c)

Lumens

d)

Ventricles

11.

The Valves in the heart and veins prevent ________.

a)

Forward Flow

b)

Cardiac Flow

c)

Lateral Flow

d)

Back Flow

12.

What does the heart do to the blood.

a)

Oxygenates the blood

b)

Put pressure on the blood to push it around the body.

c)

Increases the whiteblood count in the blood.

d)

Decreases blood pressure to prevent cardiac disease.

13.

Why are human cardiac systems referred to as 'Double Circulatory Systems'?

a)

The heartrate can be doubled to pump more blood around the body when exercising.

b)

There are two 'dubs' (dub-dub) in one heart beat.

c)

The blood moves through the heart twice to be pressurized twice.

d)

Becasue there are two different kinds of blood vessels that are attached to the heart (arteries and veins).

14.

Why do arteries have very thick and elastic walls.

a)

The protect the blood inside.

b)

To prevent coronary heart disease,

c)

So substance like oxygen can't move through the walls.

d)

To withstand the large amount of pressure in the blood they carry.

15.

Capillaries are really thin so substances like oxygen, carbon dioxide and glucose can move in and out of the vessel. How thick are they?

a)

Roughly the same thickness of a hair

b)

One cell thick

c)

1 Micrometres

d)

5 Micrometres

16.
The destination of blood in the pulmonary artery is the 
a)
right atrium
b)
left atrium
c)
lung
d)
peripheral tissues
17.
Blood in the inferior vena cava is
a)
high in oxygen, low in carbon dioxide
b)
high in oxygen, high in carbon dioxide
c)
low in oxygen, low in carbon dioxide
d)
low in oxygen, high in carbon dioxide
18.
Blood in the aorta is
a)
high in oxygen, low in carbon dioxide
b)
high in oxygen, high in carbon dioxide
c)
low in oxygen, low in carbon dioxide
d)
low in oxygen, high in carbon dioxide
19.
This group of cells regulates the heartbeat.
a)
pacemaker
b)
septum
c)
lymph
d)
carotid
20.
Pulmonary circulation involves blood flow to and from the heart and the:
a)
Body
b)
Skin
c)
Digestive organs
d)
lungs
21.

Which one correctly describes a vein?

a)

Low blood pressure, large lumen, valves present

b)

Low blood pressure, small lumen, valves present

c)

Low blood pressure, small lumen, valves absent

d)

High blood pressure, large lumen, valves absent

22.

Vessels with narrow lumens

a)

arteries

b)

capillaries

c)

veins

23.

Vessels that contain valves

a)

arteries

b)

capillaries

c)

veins

24.

Vessels that allow gas exchange

a)

arteries

b)

capillaries

c)

veins

25.
A person with a heart rate of 75 beats per minute and stroke volume of 60 mL per beat has a cardiac output of _______.
a)
4500 mL/min
b)
1.25 mL/min
c)
0.8 mL/min
d)
120 mL/min