What Is An Organ System In Biology?
A quiz designed to test the knowledge of students who have done some learning for NZQA Unit Standard. Demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of living things, organs, and organ systems
- 1.
The function of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM is to....- A.
Break down our food so that we can absorb (take in) the nutrients
- B.
Get oxygen into the blood
- C.
Get blood to and from the cells of our body
- 2.The function of the CIRCULATORY SYSTEM is to.... [pick the best answer]
- A.
Deliver nutrients and oxygen to cells by circulating blood around the lungs
- B.
Circulate blood around the entire body; delivering nutrients and oxygen AND carrying away waste products
- C.
Circulate blood around our legs
- 3.The function of the GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM is to ...
- A.
Ensure excess gas leaves the intestine
- B.
Remove waste products from everywhere in your body
- C.
Maintain the sugar level in your blood
- D.
Get oxygen into the blood for our cells, and carbon dioxide out of the blood
- 4.The function of something is its....
- A.
Location (place)
- B.
Gas exchange
- C.
Job or purpose; what it is for
- D.
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- 5.Some organs or body parts are involved in more than one ORGAN SYSTEM. Which of the following are involved in BOTH the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM and the GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM?
- A.
The mouth and the trachea
- B.
Just the mouth
- C.
The mouth and the oesophagus
- D.
Just the trachea
- 6.I am an organ system.Food enters me at the mouth and is chewed by the teeth; in the stomach acid breaks down the food further; many more organs process the food ensuring that nutrients from it are passed into the blood. I am the ___________ ____________
- 7.I am an organ system.Smoking can damage my delicate balloon-like alveoli (air sacs),filling them with tar.The less alveoli are working, the less air I can take in. The less air I can take in, the less oxygen gets to the blood for use by the cells of the body.I am the ____________ _____________ _____________
- 8.The ORGAN that pumps the blood around the body in the circulatory system is the ____________
- 9.In the GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM:The large tubes that go from the trachea to the lungs are called the ...
- A.
Bronchos
- B.
Bronchoes
- C.
Bronchimoles
- D.
Bronchioles
- E.
Branches
- 10.In the CIRCULATORY SYSTEM:The blood goes from the heart ....
- A.
Into the body
- B.
Into the body and back to the heart
- C.
Just into the lungs
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