WorksheetsPlant and Animal Systems
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
When the skin comes in contact with an irritant, receptors in the skin send signals to the spinal cord. the signal is then sent to the brain for processing, and the individual begins to scratch the affected area.
Which two systems are most likely interacting when a person experiences itching caused by a skin irritant?
Circulatory and excretory
Integumentary and nervous
Digestive and muscular
Respiratory and lymphatic
Breaking down food for nutrients involves many body systems. A student made a partial list of the processes that occur.
Which body systems interact most directly in the three listed processes?
Digestive, integumentary, muscular
Excretory, Immune, Muscular
Circulatory, Excretory, Immune
Circulatory, Digestive, Endocrine
Which statement best describes an interaction between the muscular system and the respiratory system?
The hormone adrenalin causes blood vessels to contract and send more blood to major muscles.
metabolic wastes generated by muscle cells are eliminated in urine.
The diaphragm contracts causing the chest cavity to expand, which draws air into the lungs.
Nutrients absorbed in the small intestine are transported in the blood to the brain.
A flower that has both male and female reproductive structures is shown.
Which statement best describes an interaction that will allow a flowering plant to reproduce by self-pollination?
An anther is transferred from a filament to another filament within the same flower.
An ovule is transferred from the ovary to a petal on a different flower.
A pollen grain is transferred from an anther to the stigma of the same flower.
an ovary is transferred from a flower on one plant to a flower on a different plant
Students set up a controlled experiment by growing the same type of seedlings in two different locations. After a period of time, the students observed the seedlings and recorded their observations in the table shown.
What caused the shoots of the seedlings on the windowsill to bend toward the window?
hormones produced in response to a light stimulus
sugars produced in response to a gravity stimulus
carbon dioxide produced in response to a water stimulus
water produced in response to a nitrogen stimulus
Students construct a graphic to illustrate the different levels of biological organization.
Which term does the letter X represent in the graphic organizer?
cell
organism
ecosystem
biosphere
Which four body systems interact to allow a person to sneeze?
Muscular, immune, nervous, respiratory
Nervous, respiratory, circulatory, skeletal
Respiratory, endocrine, skeletal, circulatory
Lymphatic, skeletal, respiratory, muscular
The fuzzy millipede, Polynexus fasciculatus, is found in Texas and is preyed upon by most species of ants. To protect itself against the ants, it ejects fibers from a tuft located at the tail end of its body. The tufts have hooks at the tips and barbs along their length that lock and interlink with the ant's setae, small hairs that cover the body of the ant. When an ant attacks, the millipede flexes its back end toward the ant and wipes the tufts against it. As the ant attempts to remove the tufts, it entangles itself more, becoming immobilized.
Which two systems most directly interact in the fuzzy millipede's defense against ants?
Muscular and integumentary
Immune and muscular
Integumentary
Endocrine and immune
A feedback mechanism in the human body is shown.
Based on this diagram, which two systems interact to maintain homeostasis?
The nervous and reproductive systems work together to stimulate the production of insulin.
The circulatory and endocrine systems work together to keep blood sugar levels consistent.
The excretory and nervous systems work together to convert glycogen into glucose.
The immune and circulatory systems work together to circulate blood through the pancreas.
Gibberellins are hormones produced in the root tips of plants. The plant uses these hormones to stimulate the growth of shoots.
How are gibberellins able to affect other parts of the plant?
Gibberellins are absorbed through the stomata and attach to chloroplasts.
Gibberellins are transported through vascular tissues to other parts of the plant.
Gibberellins become concentrated within the tissues of the plant during mitosis.
Gibberellins become modified once they infect healthy cells and are later released to infect other cells.
A chart of some plant systems and functions is shown.
Which system interactions are dependent on the plant's ability to respond to the direction of light?
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Option 4
Plant roots have extensions called root hairs. These root hairs. These root hairs are important in the homeostasis
of the plant.
Which statement best explains the importance of the root hair to the stems and leaves of the plant?
Root hairs convert minerals into glucose for immediate use by cells.
Root hairs decrease the need for osmosis and diffusion in vascular tissue.
Root hairs prevent water loss in leaves through transportation and gas exchange.
Root hairs increase the surface area of the roots for nutrient and water absorption.
Which answer choice best describes a community?
Praying mantises caring for their young
Three-spined sticklebacks living in estuaries
Different species of lizards occupying the same niche in a desert
roosting mother bats recognizing their offspring
The human body is composed of organ systems. Which list represents a system organized from least to most complex?
The diagram shows some of the levels of biological organization.
In what order are the levels in the diagrams?
population --> community --> ecosystem
organism --> community --> population
organism --> population --> community
ecosystem --> population --> community
