8b Test

End of Unit Test
8B
Name
Class
Date
1 Which sentence describes respiration? Circle the correct letter.
8
B
A Lungs take in air and then blow it out.

B Cells release energy through a chemical reaction.
C Blood is pumped around the body.
D Lungs expand during breathing in.
[1 mark]
2 Which organ system gets glucose into the blood? Tick the correct answer.
digestive system
breathing system
nervous system
circulatory system
[1 mark]
3 The graph below shows how a an athletes pulse rate changed during a short sprint.
160
Pulse rate (beats per minute)
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Time (seconds)
a Which organ causes the pulse by pumping blood around the body?
______________________________________________________
[1 mark]
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b Between which two times was the athletes pulse rate increasing most quickly?
Tick the correct box.
between 1 and 3 seconds
8
B
[1 mark]
c Explain why his pulse rate went up during the race.
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
[2 marks]
d Predict what happens to the athletes breathing rate during the race.
___________________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
e Explain your reasoning for part d
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
4 The diagram shows a capillary. Part of the capillary
wall has been removed to show the blood inside it.
tissue cells
a On the diagram label a red blood cell and the

plasma.
[1 mark]
capillary wall
b The plasma carries a waste product made by the

body. Which of these is this waste product. Tick
the correct box.
oxygen
vitamins
water
faeces
glucose
carbon dioxide
[1 mark]
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c What is the name of the liquid that takes oxygen and glucose from the blood to other body
cells?
___________________________________________________________________________________
8
B
[1 mark]
d Explain how the structure of the capillary wall helps to allow this liquid out of the blood.
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
5 a Name the parts labelled X and Y.
X
Y
air sac
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
[2 marks]
b Gas exchange occurs in air sacs. The drawing shoes a heathy

air sac. What two gases are exchanged in air sacs?
normal alveoli
______________________________________________________
air sacs
______________________________________________________
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[1 marks]
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c Give two features of air sacs that make them suitable for gas exchange.
i
_______________________________________________________________________________
ii
_______________________________________________________________________________
[2 marks]
In a disease called emphysema, the air sacs become damaged.
8
B
unhealthy alveoli
d Describe the effort of emplysema on the air sacs.

_______________________________________________________
air sacs
_______________________________________________________
[1 marks]
e Less gas exchange occurs in damaged air sacs. Explain why.
___________________________________________________________________________________
[1 marks]
6 Air contains a mixture of gases.
a What would you use to test a gas to see if it were carbon dioxide and what would
you see happening?
I would use
_______________________________________________________________________
I would see
_______________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
b Cobalt chloride paper turns from blue to pink when it touches water. Martin breathes out
on some blue cobalt chloride paper. Which of these will he observe? Tick one.
The paper changes from pink to blue.
The paper changes from blue to pink.
The paper stays blue.
The paper stays pink.
[1 mark]
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B
7 Javier and Sandra investigated how exhaled

air changed before and after exercise. Sandra
produced a sample of exhaled air by blowing into
the tube shown in the diagram. Then she ran very
fast on a treadmill for one minute, got off and
then immediately blew into the tube again. Then
she rested for 10 minutes. After this she then ran
very fast on the treadmill for two minutes, before
producing another sample of exhaled air.
A lighted candle was then placed into each of the
three samples of exhaled air. The time it took to
go out was measured. The table shows the results.
a What relationship can you see in the results?
collected air
upturned
water
filled
gas jar
Sandra blew into

this tube to collect
the samples
deflagrating
spoon
gas jar
burning
candle
bucket
Duration
of exercise
(minutes)
Time it took for the

candle to go out
(seconds)
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
b Explain the results.
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
c Suggest why the relationship you have found is not very reliable.
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
d Suggest two variables that they would have had to control to make this a fair test.
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
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End of Unit Test

1 Which sentence describes respiration? Circle the correct letter.

A Lungs take in air and then blow it out.

Pulse rate (beats per minute)

Pearson Education Limited 2008

End of Unit Test (continued)

between 3 and 5 seconds

between 8 and 9 seconds

between 11 and 12 seconds

a On the diagram label a red blood cell and the

b The plasma carries a waste product made by the

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End of Unit Test (continued)

b Gas exchange occurs in air sacs. The drawing shoes a heathy

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End of Unit test (continued)

In a disease called emphysema, the air sacs become damaged.

d Describe the effort of emplysema on the air sacs.

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End of Unit Test (continued)

7 Javier and Sandra investigated how exhaled

a What relationship can you see in the results?

Sandra blew into

Time it took for the

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