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WorksheetsWANIC Health 12 - endocrine 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 24mins
What is this gland? (It produces immune cells)
Pancreas
Adrenal Gland
Thymus
Parathyroid
What doe the thymus gland do?
It produces insulin
It produces adrenaline
It produces immune cells
It regulates calcium levels in the blood
This gland is constantly checking in to make sure you are in homeostasis. Not too hot, not too hungry, etc.
Parathyroid
Ovaries
Pineal
Hypothalamus
What does the hypothalamus do?
It regulates calcium levels in the blood
It produces adrenaline
It produces insulin
It constantly checks to make sure you are in homeostasis. Not too hot, not too hungry, etc.
What is this gland?
Thymus
Thyroid
Adrenal
Testes
What does the thyroid do?
It regulates calcium levels in the blood
It produces adrenaline
It makes hormones that control the way the body uses energy
It produces immune cells
The pineal gland is responsible for?
Digesting food
Sleep/awake Cycle
Fight/Flight Response
Metabolism
A (a) is a chemical message sent by a gland in the endocrine system.
How is the endocrine system different from the nervous system?
Can a hormone affect any cell?
Yes, they affect all cells
No, the cell has to have a matching receptor
Maybe
Depends on the situation
How does a hormone identify its target cell?
protein receptors on the cells surface
it is only sent to its target cell
neurons transmit the hormone signal
glands are the target cell
How do hormones get to their target cells?
nerve impulses
floating in the blood stream
electric and chemical signals
respiration
Which of the following are the two main changes a hormone can cause in a cell?
close the cell membrane
turn an enzyme on or off
turn a gene on or off
turn everything in the cell on or off
If you have trouble sleeping which gland may be the problem?
pineal
thyroid
testes
adrenal
When a male takes performance enhancing drugs, his body thinks he is making lots of testosterone. Which glands will stop producing testosterone and even shrivel up...possibly never producing testosterone again?
pineal
thyroid
testes
adrenal
If you have growth problems (too big or too small) which gland may be the problem?
ovaries
pituitary
hypothalamus
adrenal
The endocrine system regulates long-term (a) in the body such as (b) .
It also controls many of your body's daily (c)
Practice spelling "endocrine"
(a)
Explain what a hormone is, by putting the sentence in order
A hormone
is like
a
chemical
messenger
Match the hormone to what it does
this directs your response to sudden stress or fear
Adrenaline
this controls beard growth
Testosterone
this regulates your adult height
Growth Hormone
this turns food into energy and manages your blood sugar level
Insulin
this hormone makes anyone feel loving, and also helps in childbirth and breastfeeding
Oxytocin
Getting to know the endocrine system
hypothalamus
pituitary gland
thyroid and parathyroid glands
thymus gland
adrenal glands
pancreas
reproductive glands
the brain
the heart
the stomach
the lungs
the intestines
the nerves
the blood vessels
Follow the numbers when you figure out which function goes where
Label the endocrine system. Follow the numbers
Two more important glands of the endocrine system
They hypothalamus is located in the (a) It is actually part of BOTH the (b) system and the (c) system.
