7c revision

Name

Class

Date

1 (a) Name one gas that your body needs to stay alive.

(1)

(b) Name one gas that your body needs to excrete.

(1)

(Total for Question 1 = 2 marks)

2 (a) A student starts running. How does her breathing rate change when she starts to run? Tick
one box.

A gets slower

B stays the same

C gets faster

D stops

(1)

(b) When the student starts running her pulse rate increases.
What does the pulse rate tell us about what is happening inside the body?

(1)

(Total for Question 2 = 2 marks)

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3 Look at the drawing.

(a) Name parts W, X, Y and Z.

Z
(4)

(b) Part Y can be moved. What is the structure which moves part Y? Tick one box.

A nerve

B muscle

C bone

D blood

(1)

(c) Draw a circle around one movable joint in the drawing.

(1)

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(d) Describe the function of part O and part P.

P
(2)

(e) Describe what happens to the shape of part Z when a person breathes in.

(1)

(Total for Question 3 = 9 marks)

4 (a) What is a drug?

(1)

(b) What is the condition when people feel they cannot live without a drug? Tick one box.

A protection

B infection

C addiction

D secretion

(1)

(Total for Question 4 = 2 marks)

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5 The diagram shows the bones and muscles of a human arm.

(a) What is the structure attaching bone to bone? Tick one box.

A a tendon

B a muscle

C a bone

D a ligament

(1)

(b) Describe how the muscles in your upper arm lift the lower arm as shown in the diagram.

(4)

(c) What is the name given to a pair of muscles having opposite effects? Tick one box.

A complementary muscles

B antagonistic pairs

C contracted muscles

D diagonal pairs

(1)

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(d) State why muscles work in pairs.

(1)

(Total for Question 5 = 7 marks)

6 A group of scientists investigate the effect of the drug Longmasterol on the reaction time of
people of different ages. A graph of their results is shown below.

(a) Suggest what question the scientists might be trying to answer.

(1)

(b) Describe the effect of Longmasterol on reaction time.

(1)

(Total for Question 6 = 2 marks)

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7 Cats and humans are mammals. Use your knowledge of the human circulatory system to
answer these questions.
(a) Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood from a cat's heart to other parts of its body.

(1)
(b) Explain one adaptation of this type of blood vessel to its role of carrying blood from the
heart.

(2)

(Total for Question 7 = 3 marks)

8 The diagram shows a capillary. Part of the capillary wall has been taken away to show the
blood inside.

(a) On the diagram, label a red blood cell and label the plasma.
(1)

(b) What is the main function of red blood cells? Tick one box.

A killing bacteria

B releasing energy

C carrying oxygen

D storing fat

(1)

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(c) What is one function of plasma? Tick one box.

A carrying waste

B breaking down food

C making new organisms

D moving the body

(1)

(Total for Question 8 = 3 marks)

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