Coordination

Quiz
 1.Which row in the table correctly describes the three
type of neurone?
Sensory neurone Relay neurone Motor neurone
A. Connects neurones Connects impulses to the Connects impulses from
with the CNS effectors from the CNS the receptor to the CNS
B. Connects impulses Connects neurones within Connects impulses from
from the effector to the CNS the CNS to the receptor
the CNS
C. Connects neurones Connects impulses from Connects impulses to
within the CNS the receptor to the CNS the effector from the
CNS.
D. Connects impulses Connects neurones within Connects impulses to
from the receptor to the CNS the effector from the
the CNS CNS.
1.

D
2. A boy sits in the shade under a tree, reading a book.
He looks up into the sunny sky at an airplane. Which of
the following changes will take place in his eyes?
A. The pupils dilate and the lens becomes less
convex
B. The pupils dilate and the lens becomes more
convex
C. The pupils constrict and the lens becomes
less convex
D. The pupils constrict and the lens becomes
more convex
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C
3. Below are two statements about how nerve cells
work.

i) Neurotransmitters carry a nerve impulse

along a neurone.
ii) An electrical charge carries a nerve impulse
across a synapse.
A. i
B. i and ii
C. ii
D. Neither
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D
4. The diagram below shows a section through the eye.

Cornea Choroid

A. R T

B. P S

C. R P

D. Q T
4.

B
5. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?

i. Insulin converts glucose to glucagon

ii. Insulin causes blood glucose levels to fall
iii. Glucose is stored as glucagon in the liver
iv. Glycogen can be broken down to release glucose
into the blood.
A. ii only
B. ii and iv
C. iii and iv
D. i and ii
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B
6. Which hormone controls the development of the
male secondary sexual characteristics?

A. Testosterone
B. Oestrogen
C. Progesterone
D. Follicle stimulating hormone
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A
7. Which of the following does not describe the
peripheral nervous system?

A. It consists of cranial and spinal nerves.

B. It helps in the maintenance of body temperature.
C. It sends nerve impulses to and from the central
nervous system.
D. It is capable of processing stimuli to bring about a
reflex action.
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D
8. A logistics officer spent twenty minutes in a walk-in freezer to check on the
condition of frozen food products. Some changes occurred in the officer’s
body in response to the decrease in environmental temperature and are
listed as follows:

1. brain sends impulses

2. blood vessels in the skin constrict
3. skin temperature changes
4. temperature receptors in the skin detect change
What is the correct sequence of events that took place?
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C
9. The diagram shows the relationship between two organs and
the responses they bring about in the body.

• If the response of the target organ is controlled by negative

feedback, the product of the endocrine gland.
A. inhibits the target organ with no effect on response.
B. stimulates the target organ with no effect on response.
C. stimulates the target organ while the response inhibits
secretion of the product.
D. inhibits the target organ while the response stimulates
secretion of the product.
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C
10. A student touched a live electrical wire (with electricity running through it) with
his hand and his fist immediately closed. Which of the following best explains this?

A. Electricity removed the myelin sheath around his neurones and caused
his hand muscles to contract.
B. His pain receptors were stimulated and his fist closing was the result of a
reflex action.
C. Motor neurones were stimulated by the electricity and caused the
contraction of his hand muscles.
D. The electricity stimulated his heat receptors and the dilation of skin
arterioles, causing his fist to close.
10.

C
11. The graph shows the effect of antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
on the regulation of water content in blood plasma.
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B
12. In an accident, a patient’s spinal cord was severed at the
neck region

• Which of the following are the possible effects of this?

i. inability to carry out reflex actions below the neck
ii. inability to perceive sensory stimuli below the neck
iii. inability to voluntarily move muscles below the neck

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
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C
13. Which of the following diagrams, A, B, C or D, shows the
correct sequence of neurons in a reflex arc?
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A
14. The graph shows the changes in the size of the pupil of the
eye as the light intensity of the surroundings is changed.
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D
15. A person with diabetes mellitus is receiving treatment with insulin injections. The
graph shows how this person’s blood glucose concentration changed during part of one
day.
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