Task 11.1 - Circulatory

GCSE BIOLOGY CIRCULATION
Low Demand Questions QUESTIONSHEET 3
The bar chart shows the pulse rates of two people immediately after four types of activity.
140
130
120
110
(beats/minute)
pulse rate
Person 1
100
Person 2
90
80
70
60
50
A B C D
activity
(a) What was the pulse rate
(i) of person 1 after activity A?
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(ii) of person 2 after activity C?
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(b) During which activity was there the greatest difference in the pulse rate of the two people?
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(c) The four activities were walking. standing, running and sitting down. Match these activities to
the letters A, B, C and D on the bar chart.
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(d) Why does the pulse rate increase during exercise?
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TOTAL / 10
Low Demand Questions QUESTIONSHEET 4
Three students measured their pulse rates before a game of squash. They measured their pulse rates again after
the game every minute for 5 minutes. The table shows their results.
Pulse rate /beats per minute

Student A Student B Student C
Before exercise 72 65 75
1 minute after 170 144 178
2 minutes after 142 115 132
(a) Which student had the highest pulse rate after the game of squash?
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(b)(i) What is meant by recovery time?
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(ii) How long was student B's recovery time?
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(c)(i) Which of the three students was the fittest?
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(ii) Give two reasons for your answer.
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(d) Which of the three students would take longest to recover from the game of squash?
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TOTAL / 7
Medium Demand Questions QUESTIONSHEET 5
(a) Why does the body need oxygen?
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(b) The diagram shows the passage of oxygen around the body.
Oxyg en
blood flow
blood flow
B D
(i) Which organ does A represent?
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(ii) What happens to oxygen in organ A?
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(iii) Name the cells labelled C.
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(iv) What do the cells labelled C do?
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(Continued...)
QUESTIONSHEET 5 CONTINUED
(v) B represents the organs of the body. What happens to the oxygen in the blood in the body organs?
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(vi) By what process does oxygen leave the blood?
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(vii) Name the type of blood vessel which connects the blood vessels labelled D and E.
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TOTAL / 9
High Demand Questions QUESTIONSHEET 13
The diagram shows a plan of part of the blood circulation.
Lungs
8 1
Heart
7
2
Liver
3
4
6
Intestines
5
(a) As blood travels around the body it picks up substances from various organs.
Name one substance the blood picks up from
(i) the small intestine.
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(ii) the large intestine.
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(iii) adrenal glands.
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(iv) the lungs.
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(b) Mammals have a double circulatory system.

Explain what this means.
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(Continued...)
QUESTIONSHEET 13 CONTINUED
(c) Complete the following table to show whether the blood vessels 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 contain
oxygenated or deoxygenated blood. Place a tick ( ) in the appropriate box.
The first one has been completed as an example. [4]
Blood Deoxygenated
Oxygenated blood
vessel blood
1
3
4
6
7
(d) Use the numbers and the name of the organs from the diagram to complete the following
sequence showing the path of blood from the liver to the lungs. [4]
liv e r lu n g s
TOTAL / 14
High Demand Questions QUESTIONSHEET 14
The graph shows the effect of changes in the heart rate on the volume of blood pumped by the left ventricle.
5.5
5
/dm3 per minute
volume of blood
4.5
3.5
3
70 75 80
85 90 95 100 10 110 115 120
5
heart rate /beats per minute
(a) What was the volume of blood pumped by the left ventricle when the heart rate was
80 beats per minute?
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(b) By how much did the volume of blood pumped by the left ventricle increase when the
heart rate increased from 70 to 85 beats per minute?
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(c) Calculate the volume of blood pumped out at each heart beat when the heart rate was
100 beats per minute.
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(d) Use the graph to estimate the volume of blood pumped when the heart rate is 120
beats per minute.
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(e) Describe how the volume of blood pumped by the left ventricle changes as the
heart rate increases.
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TOTAL / 8
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TOTAL / 8
TOTAL / 8

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GCSE BIOLOGY CIRCULATION

Low Demand Questions QUESTIONSHEET 3

(i) of person 1 after activity A?

(ii) of person 2 after activity C?

(d) Why does the pulse rate increase during exercise?

Pulse rate /beats per minute

(b)(i) What is meant by recovery time?

(ii) How long was student B's recovery time?

(c)(i) Which of the three students was the fittest?

(ii) Give two reasons for your answer.

Medium Demand Questions QUESTIONSHEET 5

(a) Why does the body need oxygen?

(i) Which organ does A represent?

The diagram shows a plan of part of the blood circulation.

(i) the small intestine.

(ii) the large intestine.

(iii) adrenal glands.

(iv) the lungs.

(b) Mammals have a double circulatory system.

High Demand Questions QUESTIONSHEET 14

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