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Organisation Plants & Animals Yr9 Calday

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Separates the chambers of the heart.
a)
mitral valve
b)
septum
c)
aortic valve
2.
Major artery at the top of the heart sends oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the rest of the body.
a)
aorta
b)
pulmonary artery
c)
inferior vena cava
3.

Which of the following are chambers of the heart?

a)

Valves

b)

Atrium and ventricle

c)

Arteries and veins

d)

Sinoatrial nerve

4.

The pulmonary artery is the artery that carries the blood to your heart from your lungs.

a)

True

b)

False

5.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
6.
Identify
a)
Pulmonary veins
b)
Pulmonary artery
c)
Aorta
d)
Vena cava
7.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
8.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
9.
The heart has ___ chambers.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
10.
This chamber of the heart RECEIVES blood returning from the body
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Right Ventricle
c)
Left Atrium
d)
Left Ventricle
11.
Which side of the heart contains oxygenated blood?
a)
the right
b)
the left
c)
the superior region
d)
the inferior region
12.

Which system allows blood to circulate throughout the body to transport oxygen and nutrients to all the cells and tissues?

a)

Nervous

b)

Respiratory

c)

Circulatory

13.

These cells, in the blood, carry oxygen and give the blood its color.

a)

white blood cells

b)

plasma

c)

platelets

d)

red blood cells

14.

The cells in the blood that help fight germs like bacteria and viruses

a)

red blood cells

b)

platelets

c)

white blood cells

15.

What is the main organ of the circulatory system?

a)

small intestine

b)

bone

c)

lungs

d)

heart

16.
I have muscular walls, and a small lumen.  Pump blood away from the heart
a)
Artery
b)
Vein
c)
Capillary
d)
Arteriole
17.
I have a large lumen, I have thin muscular walls, I pump blood towards the heart
a)
Artery
b)
Vein
c)
Capillary
d)
Arteriole
18.

Human blood vessels are

a)

artries, capillaries, and atria

b)

ventricles, atria and pulmonary veins

c)

capillaries, artries, and veins

d)

veins, artries, and aorta

19.

The blood vessel that has valves at intervals...

a)

capillary

b)

artery

c)

vein

d)

none of the above

20.

tiny sacs of lung tissue specialized for the movement of gases between air and blood.

a)

lungs

b)

bronchi

c)

alveoli

d)

diaphragm

21.

tiny, hairlike projections in the airway that move in a wavelike manner.

a)

alveoli

b)

cilia

c)

trachea

d)

lungs

22.
The air sacs that are covered with capillaries where gas exchange takes place
a)
bronchi
b)
lungs
c)
oxygen
d)
alveoli
23.

What is the site of gas exchange?

a)

alveoli

b)

nose

c)

lung

d)

bronchi

24.

The two narrower tubes branching from the trachea that leads into the lungs

a)

nose

b)

bronchi

c)

lungs

d)

alveoli

25.

The large muscle that contracts and relaxes and moves air in and out of the lungs.

a)

epiglottis

b)

alveoli

c)

diaphragm

d)

trachea

26.

The air tubes in your lungs branch off into smaller, narrower tubes called

a)

bronchioles

b)

trachea

c)

larynx

d)

cilia

27.
What is the main function of the respiratory system?
a)
to provide oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the body
b)
to bring oxygen to the body
c)
to break down food and absorb nutrients
d)
to remove oxygen from the body and deliver carbon dioxide
28.

What is the meaning of coronary heart disease (CHD)?

a)

A disease of the damage septum in heart

b)

A disease when you eat a lot of unhealthy food

c)

A disease when your coronary arteries become narrower because the plaque buildup

d)

A disease when you become lazy to do exercise

29.
An abnormal mass of cancer cells is called a 
a)
tumor
b)
cyst
c)
lesion
d)
polyp
30.
Any substance that is known to cause cancer is called a
a)
carcinogen
b)
nicolyte
c)
pathogen
d)
retrovirus
31.
Metastasis is
a)
the spread of cancer from one part of the body to another.
b)
the growth of tumors in the lungs
c)
cancer of the blood cells
d)
cancer that is found in connective tissues
32.
Using drugs or medicines to destroy cancer cells.
a)
chemotherapy
b)
radiation therapy
c)
cancer surgery
d)
mitotic spindling
33.
Cancer creates abnormal cells by disrupting
a)
the cell cycle
b)
red blood cell formation
c)
DNA replication
d)
ATP synthesis
34.
What is is called when a tumor proves to be NON cancerous?
a)
malignant
b)
benign
c)
oncogene
d)
byogene
35.
Something that increases the chance of developing a disease.
a)
morbidity
b)
palliative treatment
c)
lifetime risk
d)
risk factor
36.
Cancer is
a)
a premature stop in the cell cycle.
b)
uncontrolled mitosis.
c)
programmed cell death.
37.

If fatty deposits form inside the coronary artery, the artery becomes

a)

wider

b)

narrower

38.

What is this

a)

statin treatment

b)

stent treatment

39.

Statins are drugs that

a)

reduce blood cholesterol

b)

dissolve the fat inside arteries

40.

Statins lower blood cholesterol which

a)

increases the amount of cardiac muscle in the heart

b)

slows down the rate of fatty deposits inside arteries

41.
The leaf has a shiny, waxy cuticle around it to
a)
increase the rate of photosynthesis
b)
attract more light
c)
control water loss
d)
stop carbon dioxide and oxygen gases escaping
42.
Most of the chloroplast cells are found in the
a)
upper epidermis
b)
pallisade mesophyll layer
c)
lower epidermis
d)
stomata
43.
The water needed for photosynthesis comes into the leaves through the
a)
upper epidermis
b)
stomata
c)
guard cells
d)
xylem cells
44.
The important gases, carbon dioxide and oxygen, enter and leave the leaf through the
a)
upper epidermis
b)
phloem
c)
stomata
d)
guard cells
45.
The reactants needed for photosynthesis to occur are:
a)
carbon dioxide & water
b)
carbon dioxide & oxygen
c)
oxygen & water
d)
carbon dioxide, oxygen & water
46.
The role of the guard cell is to
a)
help control the temperature of the plant
b)
control how much water enters the leaf
c)
control how much glucose is stored
d)
control the movement of water vapour & gases 
47.
Transpiration helps the plant
a)
make more sugars at night
b)
move water from the roots to the stem and leaves
c)
move sugars from the leaf to be stored in the stem & roots
d)
make more chloroplasts
48.
Sugar and the products of photosynthesis move through the plant in 
a)
the phloem cells
b)
the xylem cells
c)
the root hair cells
d)
palisade mesophyll layer
49.
What molecule is the phloem responsible for transporting?
a)
Glucose
b)
Water
c)
Sucrose
d)
Glycogen
50.

Recall that the movement of food in the phloem is called.

a)

Translocation

b)

Transpiration stream

c)

Evaporation

d)

Respiration

51.

Which of the statement is true?

a)

sinks: places where sugar is made

b)

sinks: places where water is made

c)

sinks: places where sugar is delivered to

d)

sinks: places where water is delivered to

52.

Translocation is the

a)

transport of water in the xylem

b)

transport of water in the phloem

c)

transport of sugar in the xylem

d)

transport of sugar in the phloem

53.

Active transport is the movement of substances

a)

from an area of lower concentration to higher concentration

b)

from an area of lower concentration to lower concentration

c)

from an area of higher concentration to lower concentration

d)

from an area of higher concentration to higher concentration

54.

Diffusion is the movement of substances

a)

from an area of lower concentration to higher concentration

b)

from an area of lower concentration to lower concentration

c)

from an area of higher concentration to lower concentration

d)

from an area of higher concentration to higher concentration

55.

How is sugar transported in the plant?

a)

though diffusion which requires energy

b)

through active transport which requires energy

c)

though diffusion which does not require energy

d)

though active transport which does not require energy

56.

What is transpiration?

a)

Excess water being released from the aerial parts of plants in the form of water vapor

b)

Excess sugar being released from the leave

c)

The way a plant makes its food

d)

When the plant uses sugar for energy

57.

Transpiration is a part of____________?

a)

Condensation

b)

Sublimation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Precipitation

58.

Water transported from stems to leaves through what?

a)

xylem

b)

phloem

c)

stems

d)

roots

59.

Select all of the environmental factors that would increase transpiration.

a)

Increased humidity

b)

Increased wind speed

c)

Increased temperature

d)

Decreased surface area

60.

Which is true?

a)

99% of water taken by the plant evaporates through transpiration

b)

9% of water taken by the plant evaporates through transpiration

c)

Evaporation through transpiration accounts only for 1% of all the water the plant takes in

d)

Evaporation through transpiration is minuscule

61.

Adaptation to reduce transpiration

a)

Broader leaves

b)

absence of cuticle

c)

More stomata

d)

Narrow leaves

62.

Water molecules pull each other up the xylem due to ______________.

a)

capillary action

b)

root pressure

c)

osmosis

d)

active transport

63.

Which of the following indicates the pathway of water through a plant?

a)

root hair cell --> xylem --> Mesophyll --> substomatal space --> stomata

b)

substomatal space -- > stomata --> root hair cell --> xylem --> Mesophyll

c)

xylem --> stomata --> root hair cell --> Mesophyll --> Substomatal space

64.

What is the name of the part of the root that allows water and minerals enter?

a)

root hairs

b)

epidermis

c)

phloem

d)

phyla

65.

The plant tissue that carries food DOWNWARD from the leaves to the rest of the plant is the ....

a)

phloem

b)

stomata

c)

chlorophyll

d)

xylem