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Twenty questions for the third section of Unit 3 in AQA GCSE Biology: Keeping internal conditions constant.

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AQA GCSE Biology Unit 3.3

AQA GCSE Biology Unit 3.3

Question 1 of 20

1

What is the term used to describe the body's way of maintaining internal conditions?

Select one of the following:

  • Body-balance

  • Homeostasis

  • Corpomaintenance

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

1

How is urea made?

Select one of the following:

  • Breaking down urine molecules

  • Deamination of amino acids

  • Product of anaerobic respiration

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

1

Which of these are the main types of homeostasis?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Thermoregulation

  • Fluororegulation

  • Hydroregulation

  • Osmoregulation

  • Glucoregulation

  • Haemoregulation

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

1

Which of these are structures found in the human kidney?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Bowman's capsule

  • Renal artery

  • Carotid artery

  • Nephron

  • Diaphragm

  • Islets of Langerhans

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

1

What is the name of the process of changing the rate of reabsorption in the kidneys?

Select one of the following:

  • Ultrafiltration

  • Selective reabsorption

  • Renal feedback

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

1

True or false? Urine is coloured yellow due to the presence of urobilins.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

1

True or false? Dialysis is a natural process occurring in the human body.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

1

Which of these does dialysis fluid not contain?

Select one of the following:

  • Glucose

  • Mineral ions

  • Urea

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

1

True or false? Immunosuppressant drugs lower the risk of complications and diseases during a transplant.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

1

True or false? Xenotransplantation involves the abstraction of human organs from genetically engineered pigs.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

1

How high is the normal human core body temperature?

Select one of the following:

  • 33°C

  • 35°C

  • 37°C

  • 39°C

  • 41°C

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

1

Where is the thermoregulatory centre located?

Select one of the following:

  • Hypothalamus

  • Pons

  • Pituitary gland

  • Spleen

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

1

Which of these processes occur when the core body temperature rises?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Vasodilation

  • Vasoconstriction

  • Sweating

  • Shivering

  • Hairs lie flat

  • Hairs stand on end

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

1

Which of these processes occur when the core body temperature falls?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Vasodilation

  • Vasoconstriction

  • Sweating

  • Shivering

  • Hairs lie flat

  • Hairs stand on end

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

1

True or false? Everyone in the UK automatically becomes an organ donor unless they opt out.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

1

True or false? Elderly people are more likely to suffer from hypothermia, contributing to the excess winter mortality.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

1

Where is the hormone insulin produced?

Select one of the following:

  • Thyroid gland

  • Pancreas

  • Spleen

  • Pituitary gland

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

1

What does insulin do?

Select one of the following:

  • Cause glucose to be stored in the liver as glycogen

  • Cause glycogen to broken into glucose and released into the blood

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

1

What does glucagon do?

Select one of the following:

  • Cause glucose to be stored in the liver as glycogen

  • Cause glycogen to be broken into glucose and released into the blood

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

1

True or false? Type 2 diabetes is the type of diabetes in which the pancreas makes insufficient insulin.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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