Question 1

What is a hormone?

Accepted Answer

A chemical messenger

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A chemical reaction

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A type of cell

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An electrical impulse

Question 2

How do hormones travel around the body?

Accepted Answer

In the bloodstream

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Through neurones

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By diffusion

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By electrical impulses

Question 3

Which hormone controls the amount of water in the body?

Accepted Answer

ADH

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Adrenaline

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Oestrogen

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Insulin

Question 4

Which hormone prepares the body for an emergency (fight or flight)?

Accepted Answer

Adrenaline

Answer

Oestrogen

Answer

ADH

Answer

Insulin

Question 5

Which hormone helps to reduce our blood-glucose concentration?

Accepted Answer

Insulin

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Oestrogen

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Adrenaline

Answer

ADH

Question 6

Which organ monitors the concentration of glucose in the blood?

Accepted Answer

The pancreas

Answer

The pituitary gland

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The liver

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The adrenal glands

Question 7

Which organ releases insulin (when the blood-glucose concentration in high)?

Accepted Answer

The pancreas

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The adrenal glands

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The liver

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The gall bladder

Question 8

Which structures are damaged by high blood-glucose concentration?

Accepted Answer

Eyes, kidneys and circulatory system

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Bone marrow, red blood cells and liver

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Muscles, ears and lungs

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Lungs, stomach and testes

Question 9

Which hormone controls our metabolic rate?

Accepted Answer

Thyroxine

Answer

ADH

Answer

Oestrogen

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Adrenaline

Question 10

What is 'metabolism'?

Accepted Answer

All of the chemical reactions in the body (or in a cell)

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How fast you digest food

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How quickly your blood can transport oxygen

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A measure of your fitness levels

Question 11

Which type of diabetes is caused when the pancreas cannot make enough insulin?

Accepted Answer

Type 1 diabetes

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Type 2 diabetes

Question 12

Which type of diabetes is caused when the body cells do not respond to insulin?

Accepted Answer

Type 2 diabetes

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Type 1 diabetes

Question 13

Which type of diabetes usually begins in childhood?

Accepted Answer

Type 1 diabetes

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Type 2 diabetes

Question 14

Which hormone helps to increase our blood-glucose concentration?

Accepted Answer

Glucagon

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Adrenaline

Answer

ADH

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Insulin

Question 15

Which type of diabetes is more likely to occur in people who are obese/overweight?

Accepted Answer

Type 2 diabetes

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Type 1 diabetes

Question 16

True or false?   Type 2 diabetes can often be treated with a carefully controlled diet.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 17

True or false?   Type 1 diabetes can often be treated by exercise and losing weight.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 18

In animal, glucose molecules are joined together to form a complex carbohydrate for storage. What is the name of this molecule?

Accepted Answer

Glycogen

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Insulin

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Cellulose

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Starch

Question 19

What is the key term for 'controlling the  internal conditions of the body'?

Accepted Answer

Homeostasis

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Homozygous

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Homeothermic

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Endocrine

Question 20

Which structure is referred to as the 'master gland' because it released several important hormones (including FSH, LH and growth hormone)

Accepted Answer

Pituitary gland

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Liver

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Pancreas

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Thyroid

Question 21

What is the correct term for 'the maintenance of constant internal conditions'?

Accepted Answer

homeostasis

Question 22

What is the name of the hormone that is released when the blood-glucose concentration is too low?

Accepted Answer

glucagon

Question 23

What is the name of the hormone that is released when the blood-glucose concentration is too high?

Accepted Answer

insulin

Question 24

When treating/managing diabetes, why can't insulin be taken as a pill/tablet? (it must be injected)

Accepted Answer

Insulin is a protein, therefore it would be digested in the stomach by protease enzymes

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Insulin is toxic when consumed (eaten)

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Insulin works too fast if it is taken as a pill/tablet

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It is easier to manage as an injection (less affect on daily life)

Question 25

Which hormone is made in the ovaries?

Accepted Answer

Oestrogen

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Testosterone

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FSH

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LH

Question 26

Which of the following is a function of oestrogen?

Accepted Answer

Causing the uterus lining to grow thicker (ready for implantation of an embryo)

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Causes ovulation (release of an egg)

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Helps to maintain the lining of the uterus during pregancy

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Causes an egg (ovum) to mature in an ovary

Question 27

Which of the following is a function of FSH?

Accepted Answer

Causes an egg (ovum) to mature in an ovary

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Helps to maintain the lining of the uterus during pregancy

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Causes ovulation (release of an egg)

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Causing the uterus lining to grow thicker (ready for implantation of an embryo)

Question 28

Which of the following is a function of LH?

Accepted Answer

Causes ovulation (release of an egg)

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Causing the uterus lining to grow thicker (ready for implantation of an embryo)

Answer

Helps to maintain the lining of the uterus during pregancy

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Causes an egg (ovum) to mature in an ovary

Question 29

Which of the following is a function of progesterone?

Accepted Answer

Causes ovulation (release of an egg)

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Causes an egg (ovum) to mature in an ovary

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Causing the uterus lining to grow thicker (ready for implantation of an embryo)

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Helps to maintain the lining of the uterus during pregancy

Question 30

What is the name of the gland that produces FSH and LH?

Accepted Answer

pituitary gland

Question 31

What is the scientific term for 'the release of a mature egg from an ovary'?

Accepted Answer

ovulation

Question 32

The gland that produces FSH and LH is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ gland?

Accepted Answer

pituitary

Question 33

True or False? Oestrogen inhibits (blocks) the release of FSH

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 34

Which hormones are in the (combined) contraceptive pill?

Accepted Answer

Oestrogen and progesterone

Answer

Adrenaline and thyroxine

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FSH and LH

Answer

FSH and oestrogen

Question 35

True or False? The contraceptive pill protects the user from sexually transmitted diseases.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

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