Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Hormones

Hormones — practice question

Fig. 3.1 is a diagram illustrating where some endocrine glands are positioned in humans.
(a(i))[4]

Use the information in Fig. 3.1 to finish Table 3.1.

(a(ii))[3]

State what the term hormone means.

(a(iii))[2]

The box on the left contains the start of a sentence. The boxes on the right contain some possible sentence endings. Draw two lines from the left-hand box to the right-hand boxes to make two correct sentences. Left-hand box: "Hormones" Right-hand boxes: "work more slowly than the nervous system does." "are nerve impulses." "have effects that last for a shorter time than the effects of the nervous system." "take part in homeostasis."

(b)[4]

Complete the sentences about the effects of adrenaline. Circle the correct word in each group of three bold words. Adrenaline is secreted to prepare the body for action / relaxation / sleep. The heart rate increases to pump more blood containing carbon dioxide / oxygen / nitrogen to the muscles. The breathing rate increases to excrete more alcohol / carbon dioxide / urea from the body. The diameter of the pupils increases to let in more / less / the same amount of light.

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