HUMAN & SOCIAL BIOLOGY

MULTIPLE CHOICE

INSTRUCTIONS: Shade the correct answer on your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following statements explains 4. The chamber labelled G is the
why we need a transport system? a) left atrium
a) Simple diffusion is efficient enough to b) left ventricle
transport substances around the body. c) right atrium
b) The human body has a small surface to d) right ventricle
volume ratio.
c) The human body has a large surface area 5. Where is the pulmonary vein?
to volume ratio. a) 1
d) Transport distances around the human b) 2
body are short. c) 3
d) 4
2. Materials transported around the human
body include: 6. The roles of the valves in the heart is to
I urea a) regulate heartbeat
II heat b) reduce blood pressure
III hormones c) prevent backflow of blood
IV carbon dioxide d) cause contractions of the chambers

a) I, II & III
7. During one complete circuit around the
b) II, III & IV
body, the blood flows through the heart
c) I, III & IV
a) once
d) all of the above
b) twice
c) three times
Items 3 -5 refer to the following diagram of a d) four times
section of the human heart
Items 8-10 refer to the following diagram which
shows cells found in the human body.

3. Which blood vessels carry deoxygenated

blood? 8. Which cell transports oxygen around the
a) 1 & 2 body?
b) 2 & 3
c) 1 & 3 9. Which cell engulfs bacteria?
d) 3 & 4
10. Which cell produces antibodies and
antitoxins?
Items 11 & 12 refer to the following diagram of
the human skeleton.
d) ball and socket
Items 13-14 refer to the diagram below which shows
a section of a human bone.

13. Which part contributes MOST to the strength of

the bone?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

14. The part labelled 2 is

a) spongy bone
b) hollow bone
c) contains red bone marrow
d) a hinge joint

15. Cartilage is important as it

a) connects one bone to another
b) connects muscles to bones
c) lubricates the joints
d) is a shock absorber

16. Which type of joint is found at the knee?

a) fixed
b) hinge
c) ball and socket
11. Which bone is labelled T d) partially moveable
a) femur
b) sacrum
c) humerus 17. Muscles that work in opposition to cause
d) clavicle movement at a joint are called?
a) opposite
b) automatic
12. Which type of joint holds the bones of c) pentadactyl
the structure labelled P together? d) antagonistic
a) hinge
b) fixed
c) none 18. Excretion is defined as
a) the loss of salts and water through sweat
b) the production of metabolic waste in the body Items 22-24 are based on the diagram of the human
c) the removal of metabolic waste from the body skin.
d) the removal of undigested food from the body

19. Metabolic waste does NOT include:

a) urea
b) faeces
c) salts
d) carbon dioxide

Item 20 refers to the following diagram of a nephron

22. Which structure is labelled O?

a) fat cell
b) hair follicle
c) blood vessel
d) sweat gland

23. Which structure is labelled L?

a) fat cell
b) hair follicle
c) blood vessel
d) sweat gland

24. Which structure is labelled P?

a) fat cell
20. In which region of the nephron does ultrafiltration b) hair follicle
take place? c) blood vessel
a) V d) sweat gland
b) W
c) Y 25. Which structure is labelled M?
d) Z a) fat cell
b) hair follicle
21. Which labelled region is the Loop of Henle? c) blood vessel
a) V d) sweat gland
b) W
c) Y
d) Z