Name:................................ 8.

Which of the following comparisons between

arteries and veins is NOT correct?
Biology Topic: Transport Arteries Veins
A Valves present Valves absent
1. Large organisms CANNOT depend solely on
B Blood flows in Blood flows smoothly
diffusion for the uptake and transport of gases.
pulses
This is because as organisms get larger the
C Have thick muscular Have thin walls
A. surface area to volume ratio increases.
walls
B. surface area to volume ratio decreases.
D Blood low in carbon Blood high in carbon
C. surface area and the volume-both increase.
dioxide dioxide
D. surface area and the volume both decrease.
9. Which of the following features is MOST
2. Which of the following organisms has the LEAST
responsible for the efficient uptake of oxygen by
need for a transport system?
red blood cells?
A. Amoeba
A. Small size
B. Tadpole
B. Softness
C. Seedling
C. Flexibility
D. Honeybee
D. Disc shape
3. An Amoeba obtains all the oxygen it needs by
10. Human red blood cells are normally
diffusion via its cell membrane, while a human
A. spherical, with a nucleus.
needs to have special respiratory surfaces for this
B. spherical, without a nucleus.
purpose. The BEST reason for this difference is
C. disc-shaped, with a nucleus.
that
D. disc-shaped, without a nucleus.
A. the Amoeba does not require much oxygen.
B. oxygen cannot pass through the skin of a 11. The structure of the red blood cell allows it to
human. I. squeeze through tiny blood vessels.
C. a human requires a larger volume of oxygen. II. release large quantities of oxygen.
D. a human’s surface area to volume ratio is too III. absorb carbon dioxide.
small for diffusion to be effective. IV. absorb large quantities of oxygen.
A. I and II only.
4. The common form in which carbohydrate is
B. I and III only.
transported in the blood, is as
C. I and IV only.
A. glucose.
D. III and IV only.
B. lactose.
C. maltose. Items 12 - 13 refer to the diagrams below which
D. sucrose. represent some components of blood.

5. Which of the following sequences represents the

route along which the blood flows after leaving the
liver?
A. Liver  heart  lungs  body cells  heart
B. Liver  heart  lungs  heart  body cells
C. Liver  heart  body cells  lungs  heart
D. Liver  heart  body cells

6. The right ventricle collects blood from the

A. aorta.
B. vena cava.
C. right atrium.
D. pulmonary artery.

7. As part of the sequence of the heartbeat, the 12. Engulfing disease-causing organisms.
ventricular muscle contracts, the atrio-ventricular
valves close, and the arterial valves open. This 13. Transport of oxygen.
allows blood to flow from
14. Which of the following sets of characteristics
A. veins to the atria.
is true for white blood cells?
B. atria to the ventricles.
Different Cell Types Cell Wall Nucleus
C. ventricles to the veins.
A   
D. ventricles to the arteries.
B   X
C X X 
D  X 
 - Present X – Absent

15. The process for movement of water up xylem 22. Manufactured

vessels food is transported in
A. evaporation. A. 1 and 5.
B. transpiration pull. B. 2 and 4.
C. osmosis. C. 3 and 5.
D. active transport. D. 3 and 6.

16. Under which of the following conditions will the

rate of transpiration in Impatiens plants be
HIGHEST? 23. Companion cells are represented by
A. Sunny and low wind speed A. 1 and 7.
B. Sunny and high wind speed B. 2 and 5.
C. Cloudy and low wind speed C. 2 and 6.
D. Cloudy and high wind speed D. 3 and 5.

Item 17 refers to the following table which shows 24. The insect MOST likely obtains its nutrients
lire results, recorded after 20 minutes, of tests from the
done with cobalt chloride paper on two leaves from A. cambium.
different plants. B. epidermis.
C. phloem.
% Colour change
D. xylem.
Leaf Surface 1 Surface 2
X 100 10 25. Storage organs in plants provide food
Y 100 50 I. for vegetative reproduction.
II. for the developing embryo.
18. From the results, one may conclude that
III. to ensure survival when nutrients are scarce.
A. Leaf X has more stomata on Surface 2 than
A. I and II only.
Leaf Y.
B. I and III only.
B. Leaf Y has more stomata on Surface 1 than
C. II and III only.
Leaf X.
D. I, II and III.
C. Leaf X has a faster rate of transpiration
than Leaf Y. 26. Which of the following storage organ
D. Leaf Y has a faster rate of transpiration characterizes the Irish potato?
than Leaf X. A. Bulb
B. Corn
19. A greenhouse plant which is usually kept at a
C. Root tuber
temperature of 25 °C is subjected to a
D. Stem tuber
temperature of 30 °C for 24 hours. The MOST
likely effect of this change is that the plant win 27. Which of the following plants does NOT have a
A. lose more water and wilt. modified vegetative storage organ?
B. absorb more water and open the stomata. A. Carrot
C. absorb less water and close the stomata. B. Ginger
D. lose less water and become turgid. C. Mango
D. Potato
20. A whole plant has its roots submerged for a
few hours in water coloured with red ink. In which Item 28 refers
part of its leaves does the ink FIRST show up? to the following
A. Vein graph which
B. Epidermis shows the
C. Guard cells relative amounts
D. Mesophyll layer of carbohydrate
in the leaves and
21. Mineral salts in plants are transported MAINLY
storage organ of a plant towards the end of its
through the
growing season.
A. Cambium
B. Sieve tubes 28. The point X represents the period when the
C. Parenchyma A. plant has its highest carbohydrate content.
D. Xylem vessels B. plant dies for regeneration in the next
growing season.
Items 22 – 24 refer to the following diagrams of
C. carbohydrate content of the leaves and
sections of phloem tissues from a plant stem.
storage organ are equal.
D. carbohydrate content of the leaves is higher
 than that of the storage organ.

1. As organisms increase in size, the process of

diffusion limits the transport of substances
because
A. their surface area to volume decreases
B. their surface area to volume increases
C. they develop transport systems
D. they produce more waste product

The graph indicates that

(A) neither X nor Y will ever be sick
again

(B) X has been vaccinated against this

disease but not Y

(C) ' Y has fewer white blood cells than X

(D) Y previously had the disease but not
X-