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Biology C9&10 LT1 S2

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of blood vessel carries blood TO the heart?

a)

Arteries

b)

Capillaries

c)

Veins

d)

Venules

2.

What type blood vessel exchanges nutrients and oxygen in the tissues?

a)

Arteries

b)

Veins

c)

Capillaries

d)

Venules

3.

When blood is blocked to the brain, it causes...

a)

a heart attack.

b)

high blood pressure.

c)

a stroke.

d)

sickle cell anemia.

4.

High blood viscosity will cause blood flow to...

a)

decrease.

b)

increase.

c)

stay the same.

d)

speed up & then slow down.

5.

Arteriosclerosis is when...

a)

blood pressure increases.

b)

plaque builds up in the veins.

c)

artery walls become thicker.

d)

blood pressure decreases.

6.

Which of the following is NOT a factor in affecting blood pressure?

a)

blood volume.

b)

age.

c)

blood output.

d)

resistance.

7.

What is blood pressure?

a)

Pressure of the blood against the walls of the veins.

b)

Pressure of the heart pushing the blood out.

c)

Pressure of the heart receiving blood.

d)

Pressure of the blood against the walls of the arteries.

8.

As the diameter of a blood vessel DECREASES...

a)

resistance INCREASES.

b)

resistance DECREASES.

c)

resistance is NOT affected.

9.

Cholesterol is associated with which heart disease?

a)

Arteriosclerosis

b)

Atherosclerosis

c)

SIckle Cell Anemia

d)

Hypertension

10.

The atria are the “upstairs” chambers of the heart and these parts are the “downstairs” chambers:

a)

valves

b)

ventricles

c)

blood

d)

candy hearts

11.

What parts act like doors that control blood flow in the heart?

a)

valves

b)

heart dams

c)

kidneys

d)

chambers

12.

How many chambers does the heart have?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

13.

What wall separates the left side and right side of the heart?

a)

Ventricle

b)

Atrium

c)

Septum

d)

The great wall

14.

Veins and arteries are important to the circulatory system. What is the difference between the two?

a)

Arteries carry blood away from the heart, Veins carry the blood to the heart

b)

Arteries carry blood to the heart, Veins carry the blood away from the heart

c)

The veins carry bright red blood, arteries carry dark red blood

d)

The arteries carry white blood cells, and veins carry red blood cells

15.

As the blood reaches the lungs, what is removed from the blood?

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

red blood cells

d)

white blood cells

16.

Which of the following is not part of the circulatory system?

a)

veins

b)

heart

c)

stomach

d)

arteries

17.

About how big is the human heart?

a)

the size of your nose

b)

the size of your foot

c)

the size of your fist

d)

the size of your ear

18.

The movement of blood through the heart and body is called:

a)

locomotion

b)

ventriculation

c)

heart pump

d)

circulation

19.

These are tubes that carry blood back to the heart:

a)

arteries

b)

veins

c)

pipes

d)

tubes

20.

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

a)

veins

b)

arteries

c)

capillaries

d)

arteries, veins and capillaries

21.

With circulation the heart provides you with

a)

oxygen

b)

nutrients

c)

a way to get rid of waste

d)

all of the above

22.

The smallest blood vessel

a)

veins

b)

arteries

c)

capillaries

d)

aorta

23.

What is the organ that pumps blood all throughout the human body?

a)

The lungs

b)

The heart

c)

The kidneys

d)

The blood vessels and capillaries

24.

Veins carry oxygen poor blood back to the heart.

a)

False

b)

True

25.

Arteries carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart.

a)

True

b)

False

26.
The circulatory system works with the ___________ system to provide our body with oxygen.
a)
respiratory
b)
digestive
c)
muscular
d)
skeletal
27.
The main function of the circulatory system is 
a)
To give the body structure and support
b)
Excrete waste
c)
transport blood, nutrients, and gases throughout the body
d)
to transport messages from the body to the brain
28.

The FREQUENCY of heart contractions is...

a)

heart rate

b)

blood pressure

c)

respiratory rate

d)

voluntary muscle contraction

29.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
30.
Identify
a)
Pulmonary veins
b)
Pulmonary artery
c)
Aorta
d)
Vena cava
31.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
32.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
33.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
34.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
35.
This chamber of the heart RECEIVES blood returning from the body
a)
Right Atrium
b)
Right Ventricle
c)
Left Atrium
d)
Left Ventricle
36.

This chamber of the heart RECEIVES oxygen rich blood back from the lungs

a)

Right Atrium

b)

Left Atrium

c)

Right Ventricle

d)

Left Ventricle

37.

This chamber of the heart pumps the blood from the heart to the lungs through the pulmonary artery

a)

Right Atrium

b)

Left Atrium

c)

Right Ventricle

d)

Left Ventricle

38.

This chamber of the heart pumps the blood back out to the body cells through the Aorta

a)

Right Atrium

b)

Left Atrium

c)

Right Ventricle

d)

Left Ventricle

39.

Deoxygenated blood flows from body parts to ______ of the heart.

a)

Left atrium

b)

Right atrium

c)

Left ventricle

d)

Right ventricle

40.

Which of the following carries deoxygenated blood?

a)

pulmonary vein

b)

pulmonary artery

c)

aorta

d)

coronary artery

41.

Veins carry blood with ... back to the heart.

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen

c)

nutrients

d)

food

42.

Arteries carry blood with ... .

a)

oxygen

b)

nuitrients

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

food

43.

Fill in the blank:

The heart ... about 100,000 pulsations a day.

a)

pumps

b)

breaths in

c)

breaths out

d)

flows

44.
Platelets 
a)
allow for gases to exchange
b)
give blood its color
c)
fight infection and disease
d)
help clot blood
45.
White blood cells
a)
allow for gases to exchange
b)
give blood its color
c)
fight infection and disease
d)
help clot blood
46.
The main function of the red blood cells is to 
a)
allow gases to exchange
b)
fight infection
c)
give blood its color
d)
help clot blood
47.
The plasma that contains blood cells is mainly made up of 
a)
cytoplasm
b)
nutrients
c)
waste
d)
water
48.
Capillaries join together
a)
veins and arteries
b)
veins and the heart
c)
arteries and veins
d)
heart and valves
49.

What are the flaps of tissue found in veins, that prevent blood from flowing backward.

a)

valves

b)

platelets

c)

ventricle

d)

antibodies

50.

What are the 4 blood groups?

a)

A, B, AB, ABC

b)

A, B, AB, O

c)

A, B, C, D

d)

A, B, C, O

51.

These structures located between the 2 atrium and the 2 ventricles that keep blood flowing in ONE DIRECTION are called

a)

stops

b)

veins

c)

valves

d)

gates

52.

A group of cells located in the right atrium responsible for sending signals to other chambers causing them to contract is

a)

start cells

b)

nucleus

c)

switch

d)

pacemaker

53.

The alternating expansion and relaxation of the artery wall caused by contraction of the left ventricle is

a)

blood pressure

b)

pulse

c)

blood reading

d)

palpitation

54.

Which component of blood makes up the majority (highest percent)?

a)

plasma

b)

white blood cells

c)

red blood cells

d)

platelets

55.

An iron-containing protein found in red blood cells is

a)

hemoglobin

b)

red pigment

c)

platelets

d)

erythrocyte

56.

Which is the order of steps describing how white blood cells fight invaders in the body?

a)

recognize the invader, produce chemicals to fight invaders, surround and kills invader

b)

produce chemicals to fight invaders, surround and kills invader, recognize the invader

c)

surround and kills invader, produce chemicals to fight invaders, recognize the invader

57.

Choose the correct order showing vessels with GREATEST pressure to LOWEST pressure.

a)

artery, vein, capillary

b)

artery, capillary, vein

c)

vein, capillary, artery

d)

capillary, vein, artery

58.

What type of disease pattern spreads rapidly over countries and continents?

a)

Outbreak

b)

Pandemic

c)

Epidemic

d)

Endemic

59.

A toxin or other foreign substance which creates an immune response and the production of antibodies

a)

Antigen

b)

Pathogen

c)

Antibody

d)

Immunity

60.

Any virus, bacteria, fungi, or parasite that can cause a disease in a living thing is called a

a)

cancer.

b)

pathogen.

c)

gene.

d)

toxin.

61.

What do we call a disease that can spread between living things in close contact?

a)

Physiological disease

b)

Genetic disease

c)

Infectious disease

d)

Contagious Disease

62.

You acquire ________ when your own immune system produces antibodies against a pathogen in your body.

a)

immunudeficiency

b)

immunity

c)

health

d)

imunity

63.

Babies acquire __________ immunity to some diseases before birth and are protected during the first six months after they are born.

a)

pasive

b)

passive

c)

active

d)

actitive

64.

Immunization, also known as __________, is the process by which harmless antigens are introduced into a person's body to produce active immunity.

a)

vaccination

b)

antibiotics

c)

immunity

65.

____________ are made naturally by bacteria and fungi, as well as artificially by human beings.

a)

Vaccination

b)

Antibiotics

c)

Immunity

66.

What are chemicals that cause cancer called?

a)

carcinogen

b)

hazard

c)

teratogen

d)

neurotoxin

67.

What is a vector?

a)

pathogen

b)

organism that carries pathogen

c)

type of infectious disease

d)

type of emerging disease

68.

Which one is the correct statement for passive natural immunity?

a)

temporary and short-lived

b)

fast and temporary

c)

occurs when a person recovers from an infection

d)

occurs when a vaccine is injected into the body

69.

Following are the causes that weaken the immune system except

a)

Stress

b)

Exposure to polluted air

c)

Exposure to pesticides

d)

Healthy diet

70.
Special proteins produced by the body to attack foreign invaders.
a)
antibodies
b)
antigen
71.
Vaccines contain weakened or dead parts of antigens. 
a)
True
b)
False
72.
Edward Jenner succeeded in creating a vaccine against smallpox by injecting patients with material of which disease?
a)
Small pox
b)
Cow pox
c)
Cattle Virus
d)
Measles Virus
73.
What is the main purpose of the immune system?
a)
support the body through bones and muscles
b)
get rid of waste from the body
c)
protect the body from pathogens
d)
move blood through the body
74.
Which one is a way the body defends against a pathogen?
a)
Fever
b)
Stomach Acid digesting
c)
White Blood Cells fighing
d)
All of these are correct
75.

What is the body's first line of defence against infection?

a)

Physical barriers

b)

White blood cells

c)

Blood plasma

d)

Red blood cells

76.
__________ immunity is when the bodies makes its own antibodies.
a)
passive
b)
active
c)
cell mediated
d)
false
77.

how do vaccines work?

a)

they don't tigger antibody production, so that the next time the body encounter the pathogen, it can die!

b)

they tigger antibody production so the next time the body encounters the pathogen, it can fight it off

c)

vaccines work by injecting live and healthy pathogens into the body

78.

why are vaccines so important

a)

to help spread diseases and bacteria

b)

to just inject bodies with dead pathogens

c)

to help stop or prevent the spread of diseases and bacteria

79.

when a vaccine is taken, what does it help with?

a)

to never get sick again in ur life

b)

to not have any symptoms if you do get sick

c)

to make your body immune to that specific pathogen

d)

to give you more white blood cells to fight off the other diseases

80.

why does the body create memory cells?

a)

to protect the body in case you are exposed to the same pathogen

b)

for the body to keep a log of whatever sickness you have had

c)

to scare off any other pathogens that try and enter the body

d)

to create immunity to that certain disease

81.

for a specific antigen there us a complementary antibody that can attack it

a)

true

b)

false

82.
An organism that enters a life form and causes disease or sickness is a/an:
a)
macrophage
b)
pathogen
c)
vaccine
d)
flu
83.

True or False: Viruses that cause disease are killed using antibiotics.

a)

True

b)

False

84.

Which of the following is a risk of overusing antibiotics to treat infections

a)

Bacteria may become resistant to antibiotics.

b)

Antibiotics increase the rate of infection.

c)

Antibiotics cause other diseases to develop.

85.

How long do memory cells usually patrol your blood looking for the bad germs/pathogens for which you already have antibodies?

a)

an hour

b)

a month

c)

a year

d)

your entire life

86.

The diagram below shows a mosquito feeding on human blood.

State the name of the barrier which is broken by the mosquito

a)

chemical

b)

cellular

c)

physical

d)

antibodies

87.

Proteins called _______ can attach to the antigen and make it useless.

a)

antigen

b)

antibodies

c)

B cells

d)

T cells

88.

A white blood cell that destroys pathogens by engulfing them and breaking them down is called:

a)

B-cell

b)

Phagocyte

c)

Antibody

d)

Antigen

89.
What are antibodies made of?
a)
Carbohydrate
b)
Protein
c)
Polysacchiaride
d)
Lipid
90.

What is the name of white blood cells that have molecules on their surface to fit an antigen?

a)

memory cells

b)

lymphocytes

c)

red blood cells

d)

fighter white blood cells