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Bio 20 Excretory System

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What role does the skin have in the excretory system?

a)

Removing dead skin cells

b)

Removing old hair follicles

c)

Removing liquid waste in sweat

d)

Protecting against infection

2.

Which organ(s) remove waste gases?

a)

Bladder and kidneys

b)

Lungs

c)

Large intestine

3.

Which organ filters blood?

a)

Kidneys

b)

Large Intestine

c)

Lungs

d)

Bladder

4.

What are the main functions of the excretory system?

a)

deliver oxygen to the body

b)

deliver nutrients to the body

c)

remove water and waste from the body

5.

How many kidneys do you have?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

2

6.

What is number 1?

a)

Glomerulus

b)

Bowman's capsule

c)

Tubules

d)

Loop of Henle

e)

Collecting duct

7.

What is number 2?

a)

Glomerulus

b)

Bowman's capsule

c)

Tubules

d)

Loop of Henle

e)

Collecting duct

8.

What are numbers 7 and 10?

a)

Glomerulus

b)

Bowman's capsule

c)

Tubules

d)

Loop of Henle

e)

Collecting duct

9.

What is number 8?

a)

Glomerulus

b)

Bowman's capsule

c)

Tubules

d)

Loop of Henle

e)

Collecting duct

10.

What is number 11?

a)

Glomerulus

b)

Bowman's capsule

c)

Tubules

d)

Loop of Henle

e)

Collecting duct

11.

What is number 5?

a)

Glomerulus

b)

Afferent arteriole

c)

Efferent arteriole

d)

Renal artery

e)

Renal vein

12.

What is number 6?

a)

Glomerulus

b)

Afferent arteriole

c)

Efferent arteriole

d)

Renal artery

e)

Renal vein

13.

Filtration occurs

a)

from the Glomerulus to the Bowman's capusle

b)

from the Bowman's capsule to the Glomerulus

c)

From the tubules to the capillaries

d)

From the capillaries to the tubules

14.

In reabsorption

a)

Water and useful solutes return into the bloodstream

b)

Waste products pass to the tubules

c)

Waste product return into the bloodstream

d)

Water and useful solutes return into the tubules

15.

What two substances are not found in the glomerular filtrate?

a)

Water

b)

Proteins

c)

Glucose

d)

Red blood cells

16.

Letter C represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Afferent arteriole

b)

Efferent arteriole

c)

Glomerulus

d)

Collecting duct

17.

Letter D represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Afferent arteriole

b)

Efferent arteriole

c)

Proximal convoluted tubule

d)

Cortex

18.

Letter E represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Bowmans capsule

b)

Proximal convoluted tubule

c)

Distal convoluted tubule

d)

Glomerulus

19.

Letter F represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Bowmans capsule

b)

Ascending loop of Henle

c)

Distal convoluted tubule

d)

Descending loop of Henle

20.

Letter G represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Ascending loop of Henle

b)

Collecting duct

c)

Afferent arteriole

d)

Renal venule

21.

Letter H represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Afferent arteriole

b)

Efferent arteriole

c)

Proximal convoluted tubule

d)

Distal convoluted tubule

22.

Letter I represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Bowmans capsule

b)

Collecting duct

c)

Renal vein

d)

distal convoluted tubule

23.

Letter B represents which part of the nephron?

a)

Afferent arteriole

b)

Bowmans capsule

c)

Efferent arteriole

d)

Renal venoule

24.

Which hormone promotes retention of water by kidneys?

a)

epinephrine/norepinephrine

b)

antidiuretic hormone

c)

glucagon

d)

prolactin

25.

Which hormone reduces blood glucose?

a)

glucagon

b)

prolactin

c)

calcitonin

d)

insulin

26.
When particles move from areas of high concentration to areas less concentrated, this has taken place.
a)
diffusion
b)
mitosis
c)
endocytosis
d)
photosynthesis
27.
What process occurs when WATER diffuses across a membrane?
a)
endocytosis
b)
mitosis
c)
osmosis
d)
nuclear fission 
28.

In the human body, the steroid aldosterone is released by the adrenal glands to help regulate sodium and potassium levels. This regulation helps control blood pressure and the balance of fluids in blood. Which statement best describes this process of regulation within the body?

a)

It is a feedback system that maintains homeostasis.

b)

It is a response by the body that is used only in extreme situations.

c)

It is a response that is only a result of medical intervention.

d)

It is a feedback system that moves the body further from equilibrium.

29.

Procedure that uses a machine to filter blood

a)

dialysis

b)

peristalsis

c)

secretion

d)

micturition

30.

Which sequence represents the correct pathway for the removal of urine from the human body?

a)

kidney->ureter->urinary bladder->urethra

b)

kidney->urethra->urinary bladder->ureter

c)

ureter->kidney->urinary bladder->urethra

d)

urethra->ureter->urinary bladder->kidney