SCIENCE 9

TEST # 1
Name: _____________________ Date: _____________
Section: ___ ____________________ Score:____________
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Parent’s Signature: ________
____ 1. Where in the respiratory system does gas exchange occur?
a. in the heart b. in the alveoli c. in the pharynx d. in the trachea
____ 2. The role of the respiratory system is to bring what substance into the body?
a. water b. oxygen c. carbon dioxide d. red blood cells
____ 3. During gas exchange, which substance moves from the alveoli into the blood?
a. carbon dioxide b. oxygen c. water d. nitrogen
____ 4. The dome-shaped muscle that plays an important role in breathing is the
a. diaphragm. b. alveolus. c. larynx. d. bronchus.
____ 5. What happens to cause air to be exhaled from the lungs?
a. The rib muscles contract and move outward. b. The chest cavity expands and grows larger. c. The diaphragm relaxes and
moves upward. d. The lungs contract and then expand.
____ 6. Which parts of the respiratory system divide into smaller and smaller tubes in a pattern that resembles the branches of a tree?
a. pharynx b. trachea c. bronchi d. epiglottis
____ 7. Hair-like structures that line the nasal cavities and trachea are called
a. cilia. b. mucus. c. bronchi. d. capillaries.
____ 8. Each alveolus is surrounded by a network of
a. cilia. b. veins. c. arteries. d. capillaries.
____ 9. The process of removal of the body’s wastes is called
a. gas exchange. b. excretion. c. respiration. d. filtration.
____ 10. The function of the atria is to
a. pump blood to the lungs. b. pump blood to the body. c. receive blood that comes into the heart. d. deliver oxygen to body
____ 11. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are called
a. veins. b. arteries. c. capillaries. d. lymphatic vessels.
____ 12. When blood flows into the right atrium from the body, it contains
a. little oxygen and a lot of carbon dioxide. b. a lot of oxygen and little carbon dioxide. c. a lot of both oxygen and carbon
dioxide. d. little of either oxygen or carbon dioxide.
____ 13. What instrument is used to measure blood pressure?
a. thermometer b. stethoscope c. sphygmomanometer d. blood bank
____ 14. Which component of blood carries oxygen to the body cells?
a. plasma b. platelets c. red blood cells d. white blood cells
____ 15 Which of these heart structures prevents blood from flowing backward?
a. aorta b. valve
c. septum d. coronary artery
Label each Part

TYPES OF CIRCULATION KINDS OF

BLOOD VESSELS FOUR CHAMBERS OF THE HEART
1 1. 1. 4.
2 2. 2.
3 3. 3.
Circulatory and Respiratory Systems Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
 20. C 40. A
1. C 21. C 41. A
2. B 22. C 42. C
3. B 23. A 43. A
4. B 24. D 44. D
5. A 25. C 45. C
6. C 26. B 46. B
7. D 27. C 47. C
8. B 28. B 48. B
9. A 29. D 49. A
10. B 30. D 50. D
11. D 31. B 51. B
12. D 32. C 52. C
13. C 33. D 53. B
14. A 34. B 54. A
15. B 35. A 55. D
16. A 36. C 56. B
17. D 37. A 57. B
18. A 38. C 58. C
19. C 39. C

SHORT ANSWER
59. A is the epiglottis, which closes off the trachea when a person swallows.
60. E is the diaphragm; it contracts and relaxes to change the size of the chest cavity and thus produces breathing.
61. B is the larynx; if it is damaged or diseased, a person would probably have trouble speaking.
62. C is the trachea; it provides a passageway for air to flow to the lungs.
63. F is a bronchus; it is one of the two branches of C, the trachea.
64. D is a lung, which contains alveoli. Gas exchange takes place in the alveoli. Gas exchange consists of the movement of
oxygen from the air into the bloodstream, and the movement of carbon dioxide from the bloodstream into the air.
65. A is a kidney, which eliminates urea, excess water, and some other materials.
66. Urea is a waste material that comes from the breakdown of proteins. It is removed from the blood in structure A, a
kidney.
67. B is a ureter, and D is a urethra. Both structures carry urine. The ureters carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder, and
urine is eliminated from the body through the urethra.
68. C is the urinary bladder, which stores urine until it is eliminated from the body.
69. The kidney, structure A, is composed of nephrons. Urine is formed in the nephrons. First, both wastes and needed
materials are removed from the blood. Later, much of the useful materials is returned to the blood.
70. Carbon dioxide is not removed by the kidneys or other organs in the excretory system. It leaves the body through the
lungs.
71. A is the aorta, which carries blood from the heart to the body.
72. Structure B is the left atrium.
73. G is the right atrium. After leaving G, blood flows into F, the right ventricle.
74. Structure C is the valve that separates the left atrium from the left ventricle. Its function is to prevent blood from flowing
backward from the ventricle into the atrium.
75. D is the left ventricle. Blood entering the left ventricle is high in oxygen, because it has just come from the left atrium,
which receives oxygen-rich blood from the lungs.
76. Structure E is the septum. A hole in the septum would allow oxygen-poor blood to mix with oxygen-rich blood. As a
result, less oxygen would go to body cells.
77. A is a red blood cell.
78. A, a red blood cell, carries oxygen throughout the body.
79. B is a white blood cell. If the body did not have white blood cells, its ability to fight disease would be weakened.
80. C is a platelet. Platelets are important in the clotting of blood.
81. A, the red blood cell
82. plasma