SCIENCE PRIMARY-6 Worksheet #3 b) What do you think happens in organ X?

1. The two diagrams below show 2 different types of joints, A and B, in our body. A is a ball and socket c) Mention three blood vessels?
joint and B is a hinge joint
4. The diagram below shows the human circulatory system.

(a) Why are joints important to us?

The arrows dotted arrow (A) and solid arrow (B) represent the flow of blood from the heart.
(b) Compare how joints A and B allow us to move our limbs differently.

a) Name the arrow which represents blood flow which is rich in oxygen.
2. The diagram below shows the human digestive system.
b) Name the arrow which represents blood flow which is rich in carbon dioxide.
(a) In which part (A, B, C, D or E) of the body is digestion complete?
(b) What is the digestive juice produced in Part A called?
5. The graph shows a person's breathing rate and volume of breathing at the start of a race, during the
(c) What happen in the part D?
race and after the race.

3. Study the diagram below carefully. The arrows represent blood vessels carrying blood in the body
through organs X and Y.

a) Name the organs which X and Y represent.
X:___________
(a) What was the person's breathing rate per minute before the race started?
(b) What was the maximum amount of air inside the person's lungs during the race?
(c) Why did the person have to breathe harder when he was exercising?
Y:___________
6. Eric carried out different activities for the same duration. These activities are represented by the letters
A, B, C and D. He then measured his breathing rate and pulse rate for each activity. The results are 8. The diagram below shows the skeletal system of the human leg.
recorded in the table shown below.
Activity Pulse rate/min Breathing rate/min

A 65 30

B 70 35

C 105 50

D 130 65

(a) What other part of the leg, now shown in the diagram, enables the leg to bend or straighten?
(a) Complete the table below by writing the letters A, B, C and D to match the description of the activities (b) In the diagram above, circle the joint, which moves in a way most similar to that of the shoulder joint.
that Eric had carried out.

Description of activities Letters 9. The diagram below shows a model of the respiratory system.

Strolling

Jogging

Watching television

Running

(b) What is the relationship between his pulse rate and his breathing rate?
(a) The table below shows the parts of the model and the parts of the respiratory system they represent.
Fill in the missing information.
7. The diagram below shows the human digestive system.
Draw an arrow and label the 3 parts of the digestive system Parts of the model Parts of the respiratory system

where food is digested. glass tube

lungs

rubber sheet diaphragm

(b) Write down one difference between the blood entering the lungs and the blood leaving the lungs. End A is the __________________________
End B is the __________________________
10. The apparatus shown below can be used to illustrate the action of breathing.
(c) The blood vessels in the part labelled X have thinner walls than End A and End B. Explain why. [1]

2. The picture below shows an arm of a man. To pull the lower bone up, the biceps muscle contracts and
the triceps muscle relaxes. To pull the lower bone down, the biceps muscle relaxes and the triceps
muscle contracts.

Fill in the boxes with the part of the respiratory system that is represented by each of the apparatus.

Apparatus Part of the Respiratory System

(a) Which muscle has to work harder during both activities? [1]
(a) bell jar
(b) Explain your answer in (a). [1]
(b) balloons

(c) rubber sheet 3. The diagram below shows how blood travels in our body.

1. The diagram shows the movement of blood from an artery to a vein through some capillaries.

(a) Complete the table by writing in the words 'low' or 'high' to represent the level of oxygen and carbon
dioxide in the blood vessels. [1]
(a) Indicate the movement of blood in our body using arrowheads (--->). [1]
Gas Level of the gas
(b) State one similarity between the circulatory system of a human and a fish. [1]
End A End B
Oxygen 4. When we inhale, the diaphragm contracts and flattens. At the same time, the ribs move up and
Carbon dioxide outwards thus increasing the chest cavity. When we exhale, the diaphragm relaxes and arches upwards.
The ribs move down and inwards thus the chest cavity becomes smaller.
(b) Name End A and End B. [1]
 Glass Tube

Balloons

b) What would you observe in the ball jar when the rubber sheet at the end of the jar was pulled and then
let go?
5. The blood is made up of plasma, white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets.
Read the information below to identify the different parts. 8.
(i) They are disc shaped. a) In the diagram below, draw the missing diaphragm to show what the diaphragm looks like when a
(ii) They are larger than the red ones and help to fight person exhales completely.
germs in the body.
(iii) It is made of water, nutrients and waste materials.
(iv) They are smaller than blood cells.
They help the blood to clot and heal wounds.

6. Name the joint labelled X in the picture below. b) Cigarette smoke can damage the walls of the sacs in the lungs. Explain how the damaged air sacs
a) X:_____________________________[1m] reduce the amount of oxygen in the blood.
b) What is the function of joints in our body?[1m]
9. The stomach is a muscular organ. Without any muscles, the stomach will take a long time to digest the
7. The diagram below shows a working model of a human chest. A rubber sheet is stretched across the food. State 2 reasons to explain why it would take a long time to digest food without muscles.
bottom of the bell jar and tied firmly in place. _________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

a) Which parts of out respiratory system do the following parts of the model represent? 10.The pictures below show blood vessels near the hearts of a healthy person and an unhealthy person.
Model Respiratory System
Explain why the heart of the unhealthy person has to pump harder to circulate the same amount of blood
compared to the healthy person.
____________________________________________________________________________________

11. The figure below shows how blood flows in a human body. Digestion of the food we eat starts at the (i)_________________ and ends at the
(ii)____________________.

Arrows A, B, C and D represent the movement of blood. Boxes X and Y represent 2 organs.

a) Organ X:_____________________ Organ Y:_____________________

b) Which arrow(s) represent(s) the movement of blood rich in carbon dioxide?

12. The diagram below shows the digestive system of the human body.
SCIENCE PRIMARY-6 Worksheet #4
1. The figure below shows how blood flows in our body.

(a) Identify a pair of joints which is most similar in their movement.

Explain the differences between the blood vessels.
(a) Blood vessel A has more carbon dioxide than Blood vessel D. Why?
(b) Blood vessel C has more oxygen than Blood vessel B. Why?
2. The diagram below shows how blood flows in certain parts of the body. The arrows represent the
direction of blood flow.
(b) What is the difference between hinge joints and ball and socket joints?
(c) Which other systems in our body are required to work together with the skeletal system when we are
running?
4. Celine cut off the bottom of a plastic bottle and built a model of the human respiratory system as shown
in the diagram below.

(a) Name the organ Q.

(b) Explain why blood flowing at B has higher oxygen content than blood flowing at A.
3. Our bones are hard and stiff. They do not bend. We can bend or move some of our body parts
because of the presence of joints. The diagram below show a skeletal system with the various joints
labelled A, B, C and D.
(a) What would happen to the balloons when the rubber sheet is pulled downwards from the bottom of the
bottle?
(b) Explain your answer in (a).
(c)Which organ of the respiratory system does the rubber sheet represent?
5. Simon was doing a research on the human respiratory system. He discovered that the numerous thin (a) With the example given by Joe, explain how the Circulatory System and the Respiratory System
blood vessels surrounded the air sacs on the lungs. interact with each other.
(b) Look at the diagram below.

a) Why are the walls of the blood vessels around the air sacs very thin? (i) What is the function of K?

b) Explain why the wall of the artery that carries blood from the heart of the body is thick? (ii) On the diagram above, label with an arrow, the part which serves the same function as ‘K’ to the heart.

6. Richard dug up the skeleton of a creature as shown in the diagram below.

Based on the diagram, put a tick in the correct column for each of the
following statements Richard can infer from the skeleton.

Not Possible to
Statement True False
Tell

a) This creature's arms are shorter than its legs

b) This creature can walk on fours

c) This creature breathes through lungs

d) This creature is able to bend its limbs

7. In Class 6A, the pupils have learnt about the various body systems namely the Digestive System, the
Respiratory System, the Circulatory System, the Skeletal and Muscular System
Joe was asked to pick up two systems and explain how they interact with each other; He picked on the
Digestive System and Muscular System and gave the following explanation:
“The gullet needs muscles to push the food down into the stomach.”