GCSE AQA Biology Unit 3

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Questão 1

Questão
dissolved substances move by active transport and diffusion
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 2

Questão
how does water move across boundaries
Responda
  • diffusion
  • active transport
  • osmosis

Questão 3

Questão
osmosis is from an area of...
Responda
  • low concentration (dilute) to high concentration (concentrated)
  • high concentration to low

Questão 4

Questão
the membrane in osmosis is semi permeable
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 5

Questão
what causes the water to move In or out of the cell?
Responda
  • Difference in substance
  • Difference in concentration
  • Difference in energy

Questão 6

Questão
what do most soft drinks contain? (3 answers)
Responda
  • water
  • air
  • carbon dioxide
  • sugar
  • ions

Questão 7

Questão
why do sports drinks contain sugars?
Responda
  • so they can run faster and further
  • to replace sugar used in energy release during the activity

Questão 8

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if water ions aren't replaced the ion/water balance of the body is disturbed so cells don't work efficiently.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 9

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why do sports drinks contain water?
Responda
  • to provide them with more energy
  • to replace water lost when sweating

Questão 10

Questão
which process of exchanging materials requires energy?
Responda
  • Osmosis
  • Active transport

Questão 11

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Facts about active transport: (3 answers)
Responda
  • Substances absorbed with the concentration gradient
  • substances absorbed against the concentration gradient
  • uses energy from respiration
  • doesn't require energy
  • allows cells to absorb ions from very dilute solutions

Questão 12

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How can you increase the efficiency of an exchange surface?
Responda
  • have a lower surface area
  • have a high surface area
  • being thin
  • having a long diffusion path
  • (In animals) having a good blood supply
  • being well ventilated (also only in animals)

Questão 13

Questão
why are exchange surfaces adapted in humans?
Responda
  • To increase effectiveness
  • to make sure things don't diffuse too fast

Questão 14

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the size and complexity of an organism increases the difficulty of exchanging materials
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 15

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what is the surface area of the lungs increased by?
Responda
  • alveoli
  • villi

Questão 16

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what is the surface area of the small intestine increased by?
Responda
  • alveoli
  • villi

Questão 17

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villi have an extensive network of capillaries to absorb products from digestion by active transport and diffusion
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 18

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facts about the lungs: (4 answers)
Responda
  • protected by the ribs
  • below the diaphragm
  • above the diaphragm
  • diaphragm separates it from the thorax (the upper part of the body)
  • diaphragm separates it from the abdomen (lower part of the body)
  • in the upper part of the body

Questão 19

Questão
why does the breathing system take air into and out of the body?
Responda
  • so oxygen from the air can diffuse into the bloodstream and carbon dioxide can diffuse out into the air
  • so carbon dioxide from the air can diffuse into the bloodstream and oxygen can diffuse out into the air

Questão 20

Questão
what happens to make air move into the lungs, find the wrong answer?
Responda
  • ribcage moves up and out
  • ribcage move down and in
  • diaphragm becomes flatter
  • intercostal muscles contract as well as the diaphragm

Questão 21

Questão
the movement of air into and out of the lungs is known as what?
Responda
  • breathing
  • respiration
  • ventilation

Questão 22

Questão
carbon dioxide enters leaves by diffusion
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 23

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where are most of the water and mineral ions absorbed?
Responda
  • the leaves from the air
  • the roots from the soil

Questão 24

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how is the surface area of the roots increased?
Responda
  • by root hairs
  • by thin walls

Questão 25

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how are leaves surface area increased?
Responda
  • by their flattened shape
  • internal air spaces
  • guard cells
  • being green

Questão 26

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plants have stomata to get CO2 from the atmosphere and to remove/release oxygen produced in photosynthesis
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 27

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where do plant mainly lose water vapour?
Responda
  • stem
  • leaves through the stomata
  • root systems

Questão 28

Questão
where is evaporation more rapid
Responda
  • hot dry windy conditions
  • cold wet and still conditions

Questão 29

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if plants lose water faster than it is replaced what happens?
Responda
  • stomata close to prevent wilting
  • stomata open to induce wilting

Questão 30

Questão
the size of the stomata is controlled by the guard cells
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 31

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What does the circulatory system do?
Responda
  • Transport blood around the body
  • Transport substances around the body

Questão 32

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The heart is an organ that pumps blood around the body and the walls are made from mostly muscle tissue
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 33

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How many chambers does the heart have?
Responda
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Questão 34

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when blood enters the atria they contract to force blood into where?
Responda
  • Vena cava
  • Pulmonary vein
  • ventricles
  • atrium

Questão 35

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where do ventricles force blood?
Responda
  • Into the heart
  • Out of the heart

Questão 36

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Where does blood flow through to the organs?
Responda
  • arteries and veins
  • capillaries and veins
  • arteries and capillaries

Questão 37

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Arteries have thick walls containing muscle and elastic fibres
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 38

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why do veins have thinner walls and valves?
Responda
  • to allow blood to flow faster
  • to prevent backflow of blood
  • to increase blood pressure

Questão 39

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If arteries begin to narrow and restrict blood flow stents are used to keep them open
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 40

Questão
in organs where does the blood flow through, to get certain substances through their walls?
Responda
  • veins
  • arteries
  • capillaries

Questão 41

Questão
Facts about blood: (2 facts)
Responda
  • it is a tissue
  • consists of a fluid called plasma
  • Its red
  • platelets are suspended in the cells of blood

Questão 42

Questão
Blood plasma transports:
Responda
  • CO2 from organs to the lungs
  • CO2 out of the body
  • Urea from the liver to the kidneys
  • Soluble products of digestion from the small intestine to other organs
  • Soluble products of digestion from the large intestine to other organs

Questão 43

Questão
Red blood cells transport CO2 from the lungs to the organs
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 44

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2 facts about white blood cells:
Responda
  • they have a nucleus
  • they have no nucleus
  • they form part of the body's defence mechanisms
  • carry oxygen

Questão 45

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what are platelets and do they have a nucleus?
Responda
  • small fragments of a cell and yes
  • large fragments of a cell and yes
  • large fragments of a cell and no
  • Small fragments of a cell and no

Questão 46

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Platelets help blood clot at the side of a wound
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 47

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What does xylem tissue transport?
Responda
  • Water and mineral ions
  • Nutrients

Questão 48

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What does phloem tissue transport?
Responda
  • dissolved sugars to the leaves
  • nutrients to the leaves
  • Phloemeliosus

Questão 49

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the movement of water from the roots through the xylem out of the leaves is called the what?
Responda
  • Diffusion
  • Transpiration stream
  • Osmosis

Questão 50

Questão
How is carbon dioxide produced?
Responda
  • From trees
  • By respiration
  • Photosynthesis

Questão 51

Questão
Carbon dioxide is removed from the body by the lungs when we breathe out
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 52

Questão
How is urea produced?
Responda
  • The breakdown of amino acids in the liver
  • The breakdown of amino acids in the kidneys

Questão 53

Questão
Urea is removed by kidneys in the urine and stored by the bladder
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 54

Questão
A healthy kidney produces urine by: (3 points)
Responda
  • Filtering the blood
  • Reabsorbing urea
  • Reabsorbing dissolved ions, water and sugars
  • Releasing urea
  • Releasing all sugars

Questão 55

Questão
How can a person be treated with kidney failure?
Responda
  • Dialysis
  • Dieting
  • Kidney transplant
  • Exercising

Questão 56

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Facts about dialysis: (4 points)
Responda
  • Restores concentration of dissolved substances in blood to normal levels
  • Permeable membrane
  • Partially permeable membrane
  • Dialysis fluid has the same concentration of useful substances as the blood
  • Removes urea from the blood
  • Removes glucose from the blood

Questão 57

Questão
The donor kidney may be rejected by the immune system unless precautions are taken
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 58

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What are antigens?
Responda
  • Proteins on the surface of cells
  • Proteins on the surface of antibodies
  • Proteins in the blood

Questão 59

Questão
What two ways can rejection be prevented from a transplant?
Responda
  • Immunosuppressants and excersize
  • Diet and good tissue match
  • Good tissue match and taking immunosuppressants

Questão 60

Questão
More water is lost when it is cold and more water has to be taken in to balance this loss
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 61

Questão
Sweating helps to cool the body
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 62

Questão
Where is the body temperature controlled?
Responda
  • Skin (touch sensitive cells)
  • The thermoregulatory system
  • The prefrontal cortex

Questão 63

Questão
If the core body temperature is too high:
Responda
  • Blood vessels dilate
  • Blood vessels constrict
  • More sweat is produced
  • Less sweat is produced

Questão 64

Questão
If the core body temperature is too low:
Responda
  • Blood vessels dilate
  • Blood vessels constrict
  • Muscles shiver
  • Sweat is produced

Questão 65

Questão
Where is blood glucose monitored?
Responda
  • Pancreas
  • Liver
  • Kidney

Questão 66

Questão
The pancreas produces the hormone insulin which allows glucose to move from the blood into cells
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 67

Questão
glucagon is produced in the pancreas when blood glucose levels fall, but what does it do?
Responda
  • causes glucagon to be converted into glucose and this is released into the blood
  • Causes glycogen to be converted into glucose and be released into the blood

Questão 68

Questão
What are 3 ways type 1 diabetes can be controlled?
Responda
  • Diet
  • Exercise
  • Environment
  • Insulin injections
  • Glucose injections

Questão 69

Questão
Type 1 diabetes is when someones blood glucose rises too high as their pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 70

Questão
Deforestation leads to ______ in biodiversity
Responda
  • Increase
  • reduction

Questão 71

Questão
Which gas is released when peat bogs were destroyed?
Responda
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Hydrogen
  • Oxygen

Questão 72

Questão
Fishing quotas and fish net size are two ways we can reduce the amount of fishing
Responda
  • True
  • False

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