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Topic 8 Practice Paper: Transport in animals — question paper

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IGCSE · Cambridge IGCSE Biology (Extended (Core + Supplement))

Topic 8 Practice Paper

Transport in animals

Duration: 40 minutes
Total: 30 marks
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

  • Answer all questions.
  • Section A contains ten multiple-choice questions. Choose one answer, A, B, C or D, for each.
  • Section B contains structured questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
  • The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
  • The total mark for this paper is 30.

Original practice material written against the Cambridge IGCSE Biology syllabus. It is not an official Cambridge examination paper. Topic 8: single and double circulation, heart structure and cycle, coronary heart disease, blood vessels, blood components and clotting.

For Examiner’s Use
Section A/ 10
Section B/ 20
Total/ 30

Section A: Multiple-choice questions[10 marks]

Choose one answer for each question. Each question is worth 1 mark.

  1. 1

    Which statement about the mammalian circulatory system is correct?

    1. AValves ensure one-way flow of blood
    2. BBlood in arteries is always oxygenated
    3. CCapillaries have thick muscular walls
    4. DVeins carry blood away from the heart
    ( )
  2. 2

    In double circulation, the right side of the heart pumps blood to the

    1. Awhole body
    2. Bliver
    3. Clungs
    4. Dkidneys
    ( )
  3. 3

    Blood returns from the body to the heart in the

    1. Aaorta
    2. Bvena cava
    3. Cpulmonary vein
    4. Dcoronary artery
    ( )
  4. 4

    Why is the left ventricle wall thicker than the right ventricle wall?

    1. AIt pumps a larger volume of blood
    2. BIt stores reserve oxygen
    3. CIt holds the valves in place
    4. DIt pumps blood at higher pressure around the whole body
    ( )
  5. 5

    Which monitoring method records the electrical activity of the heart?

    1. APulse count
    2. BStethoscope
    3. CECG
    4. DBlood pressure cuff
    ( )
  6. 6

    A heart pumps 70 cm³ per beat at 75 beats per minute. During exercise it pumps 70 cm³ at 150 beats per minute. Cardiac output

    1. Adoubles
    2. Bstays the same
    3. Chalves
    4. Dtriples
    ( )
  7. 7

    Which blood vessel has the thickest wall relative to its lumen?

    1. AVein
    2. BArtery
    3. CCapillary
    4. DLacteal
    ( )
  8. 8

    Most carbon dioxide is transported in the

    1. Ared blood cells on haemoglobin
    2. Blymph
    3. Cplatelets
    4. Dplasma
    ( )
  9. 9

    Which white blood cell produces antibodies?

    1. APhagocyte
    2. BPlatelet
    3. CLymphocyte
    4. DRed blood cell
    ( )
  10. 10

    The mesh that forms a scab is made of

    1. Afibrin
    2. Bfibrinogen
    3. Chaemoglobin
    4. Dcollagen cells
    ( )

Section B: Structured questions[20 marks]

Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

  1. 11

    The heart is a double pump with four chambers.

    1. (a)

      Name the chambers that receive blood, and state which side receives deoxygenated blood.

      [2]
    2. (b)

      Name the valves between the atria and ventricles and state their function.

      [2]
    3. (c)

      Explain why the septum is important for efficient oxygen delivery.

      [2]
  2. 12

    A patient is told he has coronary heart disease and must change his lifestyle.

    1. (a)

      Describe what happens in coronary heart disease and state one symptom or consequence.

      [2]
    2. (b)

      State two risk factors from his lifestyle he can change, and two he cannot.

      [2]
    3. (c)

      Explain two changes he should make and how each reduces the risk.

      [3]
  3. 13

    Blood is a tissue containing several components suspended in plasma.

    1. (a)

      Name the components of blood, other than plasma.

      [3]
    2. (b)

      State four substances transported in the plasma.

      [2]
    3. (c)

      Describe how a scab forms at a wound, using fibrinogen and fibrin.

      [2]

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