8B End of Unit Test
Name Class
8
1 Which sentence describes respiration?
B
A When your lungs take in and blow out air.
B When your cells release energy using a chemical reaction.
C When your heart pumps blood around your body.
D When your lungs expand.
[1 mark]
2 a Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration.
glucose + → water + (+ energy)
[1 mark]
b Name one reactant and one product of respiration.
Reactant
Product
[1 mark]
3 The graph below shows how a runner’s pulse rate changed during a short sprint.
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150
140
Pulse rate (beats per minute)
130
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110
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90
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70
60
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Time (seconds)
a Which organ causes a pulse?
[1 mark]
b Between which two times was his pulse rate increasing most quickly?
[1 mark]
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c How long did it take him to run the race?
[1 mark]
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d Explain why his pulse rate went up during the race.
B
[2 marks]
e What happened to his breathing rate during the race?
[1 mark]
4 The diagram shows a capillary containing blood.
a On the diagram label a red blood cell and the plasma.
[1 mark]
b Which part of the blood carries the most carbon dioxide?
[1 mark]
c What is the name of the liquid that takes oxygen and glucose from the blood to
other body cells?
[1 mark]
d Explain how the structure of the capillary wall helps to allow this liquid out of
the blood.
[1 mark]
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8B End of Unit Test (continued)
5 a Name the parts labelled X, Y and Z. X
X
8 Y Y
B Z Z
[3 marks]
b Gas exchange occurs in the alveoli
of the lungs. What is meant by
‘gas exchange’?
[2 marks]
c Give two features of alveoli that make them suitable for gas exchange.
i
ii
[2 marks]
6 Air contains a mixture of the following gases: nitrogen, oxygen, water vapour,
carbon dioxide and noble gases.
a i What would you use to test a gas to see if it was carbon dioxide?
ii What would the result be if the gas was carbon dioxide?
[1 mark]
b i What would you use to test a gas to see if it was water vapour?
ii What would you see if it was water vapour?
[1 mark]
c Give three differences between the air you breathe in and the air you
breathe out.
Breathed out air contains …
i
ii
iii
[3 marks]
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