Worksheet BBI-19

Subject : Biology Date : Score:

Duration : 60 minutes Class :

Topic : Hormone Name :

Choose the correct answer.

1. Which statement about hormones in humans is correct?
a. They are destroyed by the liver.
b. They are destroyed by the pancreas.
c. They are produced by target organs.
d. They are produced by the blood.
2. How does adrenaline affect blood glucose concentration and pulse rate?

3. When an athlete prepares for the start of a sprint race, excitement causes the
concentration of a hormone in the blood to increase.
What effects does the hormone have on the blood glucose concentration and the heart
rate of the athlete?

4. Which situation is most likely to cause an increase in the secretion of adrenaline?

a. A person eats a meal rich in glucose.
b. A person is awoken suddenly by thunder and lightning.
c. A person’s blood glucose level decreases because they have not eaten.
d. A person’s pulse rate falls while they are asleep.
5. Which row shows the effects of increased adrenaline release?

6. Which row shows an effect of the hormone adrenaline, and the organ where adrenaline
is broken down?
Organ where it
Effect of adrenaline is broken
down
 A Decreases blood glucose concentration Heart
B Decreases blood glucose concentration Liver
C Increases blood glucose concentration Heart
D Increases blood glucose concentration liver
7. what is general term for growth movement in response to a stimulus?
a. Hormone
b. Elongation
c. Tropism
d. Sprouting
8. What is a movement away from a stimulus called?
a. Negative tropism
b. Phototropism
c. Geotropism
d. Positive tropism
9. Which of the following would make a plant grow to one side?
a. Cutting off the tip
b. Covering up the tip
c. Receiving light from all directions
d. Receiving light from only one direction
10. What control growth movement in plants?
a. Stimuli
b. Water
c. Hormones
d. Enzyme
11. How do auxins control plant growth?
a. Speeding up growth in shoots and roots
b. Slowing growth in shoots and roots
c. Speeding up growth in shoots and slowing growth in roots
d. Slowing growth in shoots and speeding up growth in roots
12. When a plant receives light from one side, which part of the plant grows in response to
this light?
a. Shady parts of them
b. Lit parts of the stem
c. Upper side of the stem
d. Lower side of the stem
13. The diagram shows a seedling with its root and shoot horizontal. The seedling is kept
moist for three days. Where will the greatest concentration of auxin be found?

14. A shoot is illuminated from one side only. What collects on the dark side of the shoot?
a. Auxin
b. Chlorophyll
c. Glucose
d. Starch
15. The diagram shows apparatus containing a seedling fixed to a platform.

The platform is rotated four times every hour, for two days.
The motor is then switched off and the platform is stationary for the next two days.
During all four days the light source remains stationary.
What is the appearance of the seedling after the four days?

16. What are the stimuli for geotropism and phototropism?

Answer the following questions in the space provided.

1. Fig. 7.1 shows what happens when a plant is placed near a window where bright light is
coming from one side.

a) Name the response shown by the plant.

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 b) Explain fully what causes the response shown by figure 7.1

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2. (a) Define the term hormone.

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(b) Hormones are present in animals. An example is adrenaline. Adrenaline is secreted
into the blood when a cheetah meets its predator. State two ways in which this
hormone can help to provide extra energy for the cheetah to run very fast.

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3. (a) Fig. 1.1 shows an experiment with a germinating seed. At the start, a seed is pinned
to a wall and is placed in the dark.

a. Name the response shown by the seed in Fig. 1.1 after a few days.

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 b. Describe how the action of auxin hormones is different in the cells of the radicle.

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4. Complete the following sentences using the word from the list.
Each word may be used once, more than once or nor at all.

tip shoot growth elongation

faster slower Hormone Liquid
lower side unequal equal Bend
upward downward towards away

Auxins are ………………………. in plant which control its ………………………. They are produced
in the …………………………… shoot and root. They stimulates cell ……………………………… . If
there are auxins in the shoot of the plant, the cells grow …………………………………. When
light is put above the plant shoot, the auxins move ……………………………. from the light.
The amount of auxins in the cell below is ……………………………………, causing the plant
grows ………………………………… .
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