GYAN BHARATI SCHOOL
ASSIGNMENT M2
TRANSPORT IN MAN MCQ
NAME ____________________ CLASS __________ ROLL NO _______
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. What is the circulatory system?
1) The body's breathing system
2) The body's system of nerves
3) The body's food-processing system
4) The body's blood-transporting system
2. From what source do cells get their food?
1) Blood
2) Oxygen
3) Other cells
4) Carbon dioxide
3. Why is oxygen important to blood and to the cells?
1) Oxygen helps the blood to clot.
2) Oxygen brings food to the cells.
3) Oxygen is necessary for cell growth and energy.
4) Oxygen is not important -- carbon dioxide is the most important substance to the
body.
4. Which type of blood vessels carries blood away from the heart?
1) Veins
2) Arteries
3) Capillaries
4) Arteries, veins and capillaries
5. Why is blood that flows from the lungs to the heart bright red rather than dark red?
1) Oxygen makes it red.
2) Carbon dioxide makes it red.
3) Gastric juices produce the red colour of the blood.
4) The lungs add a pigment (dye) to blood as it flows through them.
6. What part of the blood carries minerals, vitamins, sugar, and other foods to the body's
cells?
1) Plasma
2) Platelets
3) Red corpuscles
4) White corpuscles
7. What is the main job of the red corpuscles in the blood?
1) To clot blood
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2) To fight disease
3) To transport oxygen to the body's cells and carry away carbon dioxide from the cells
4) To transport carbon dioxide to the body's cells and carry away oxygen from the cells
8. Which of the following can best be compared to soldiers?
1) Lungs
2) Capillaries
3) Red blood cells
4) White blood cells
9. Which element in the blood is round and colourless?
1) Plasma
2) Platelets
3) Red blood cells
4) White blood cells
10. What would happen to people who have an open wound and whose blood did not clot
naturally?
1) They would bleed to death.
2) Nothing. Clotting is not important.
3) They would have to take special clotting drugs.
4) They would have to take regular doses of plasma.
11. What happens when a clot occurred in an undamaged blood vessel?
1) You would bleed to death.
2) A scab will form on the skin surface.
3) Platelets stick to the edges of the cut and to one another, forming a plug.
4) The flow of blood to tissues beyond the clot may be cut off.
12. What happens to blood when it is pumped into the thin-walled blood vessels of the lungs?
1) Platelets are exchanged for plasma.
2) Carbon dioxide is replaced with oxygen.
3) Blood fills the lungs and causes coughing.
4) Nothing -- the lungs are just a place blood goes through on its way back to the heart.
13. What is the function of the blood vessels and capillaries?
1) They pump blood to the heart.
2) They filter impurities from the blood.
3) They carry blood to all parts of the body.
4) They carry messages from the brain to the muscles.
14. Why does blood turn dark red as it circulates through the body?
1) It starts to clot.
2) It gets old and dirty flowing through the body.
3) The oxygen in it is replaced with carbon dioxide.
4) The farther blood is from the heart, the more dark red it is.
15. How many major types of blood have scientists discovered?
1) One: Type "O"
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2) Two: white cells and red cells
3) Three: white cells, red cells, and plasma
4) Four: Types A, B, AB, and O
16. What is the organ that pumps blood all throughout the human body?
1) The lungs
2) The heart
3) The kidneys
4) The blood vessels and capillaries
17. The colour of blood in the veins is _______________.
1) Bright red
2) Dark red
3) Blue
4) Black
18. The colour of blood in the arteries is _________.
1) Bright red
2) Dark red
3) Blue
4) Black
19. Blood is composed of ___________.
1) Plasma and red blood cells
2) Plasma and formed elements
3) Red and white blood cells
4) Red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets
20. Blood fails to clot in the absence of __________.
1) Magnesium
2) Calcium
3) Sulphur
4) Potassium
21. Transpiration takes place from ________________.
1) All parts of the plant
2) Leaves
3) Only the aerial parts
4) Stem
22. Stomata are present on the __________ of the leaves
1) Upper surface only
2) Lower surface only
3) Mostly upper surface
4) Mostly lower surface
23. The cells that are full of water and rigid are called ________
1) Support cells
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2) Flaccid
3) Turgid
4) None of the above
24. Much of the transpiration takes place through ___________
1) Stomata
2) Lenticels
3) Cuticle
4) Epidermis
25. The roots absorb water through _______________
1) Epidermal hairs
2) Root hairs
3) Root xylem
4) Root phloem
26. The ascent of sap in plants takes place due to __________
1) root pressure
2) transpiration pull
3) both a and b
4) osmosis
27. Stomata open and close due to _____________
1) presence of valves
2) hormonal control
3) turgor pressure of guard cells
4) concentration gradient of the gases
28. The liquid portion of the blood is called __________
1) Water
2) Plasma
3) Serum
4) Sap
29. The right side of the heart deals with ___________
1) Oxygenated blood
2) Deoxygenated blood
3) Mixture of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood
4) Either a or b at a time
30. __________ carries oxygenated blood
1) Pulmonary artery
2) Hepatic portal vein
3) Pulmonary vein
4) All of the above
31. Deoxygenated blood is carried by ______________
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1) Pulmonary artery
2) Hepatic vein
3) Renal vein
4) All of the above
32. The double membraned structure surrounding the heart is called _____________
1) Plasmalemma
2) Pleural membrane
3) Tonoplast
4) Pericardium
33. An example of lymph gland is _______________
1) Spleen
2) Liver
3) Tonsil
4) Thyroid
34. Pulse beat is measured in _____________
1) Nerve
2) Artery
3) Vein
4) Heart
35. Thick muscular walls are present in ___________
1) Arteries
2) Arterioles
3) Veins
4) Venules
36. The normal blood pressure in man is ___________
1) 80/120 mm Hg
2) 120/80 mm Hg
3) 120/100 mm Hg
4) 100/80 mm Hg
37. The food is transported in the phloem in the form of _________
1) Glucose
2) Sucrose
3) Amino acids
4) Fats
38. The fluid that does not form clots is ___________
1) Blood
2) Plasma
3) Lymph
4) serum
39. The smallest blood vessel in the body is a _____________
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1) Vein
2) Vena cava
3) Capillary
4) Venule
40. The blood vessel carrying blood from heart to the lungs is called ___________
1) Carotid artery
2) Carotid vein
3) Pulmonary artery
4) Pulmonary vein
41. Valves are present in ___________
1) Arteries
2) Arterioles
3) Veins
4) Capillaries
42. The movement of particles from the region of their higher concentration to the region of
their lower concentration is called as ________________
1) Osmosis
2) Diffusion
3) Active transport
4) Ascent of sap
43. A portal vein runs from
1) An organ to the heart
2) The heart to an organ
3) One organ to another
4) An organ to the vena cava
44. Deoxygenated blood is received by the __________
1) Left auricle
2) Right auricle
3) Left ventricle
4) Right ventricle
45. Antibodies are produced as a reaction to the presence of _______________
1) Red blood cells
2) Haemoglobin
3) Antigens
4) White blood cells
46. Red blood cells are destroyed in the ____________
1) Lungs
2) Liver
3) Heart
4) Spleen
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47. Red blood cells are _____________
1) Biconcave discs
2) Biconvex discs
3) Cylindrical
4) Spherical
48. Thrombocytes is the other name of _____________
1) RBC
2) WBC
3) Platelets
4) Lymphocytes
