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Chapter 22: Gas Exchange and Excretion

Practice Test
      
  1.Suppose you drank a lot of water today. What happens in your body as a result?  
  a.   The amount of vasopressin decreases, and less water is released in urine.  
  b.   The amount of vasopressin increases, and less water is released in urine.  
  c.   The amount of vasopressin decreases, and more water is released in urine.  
  d.   The amount of vasopressin stays the same. The amount you drink has no affect on urine output.  
  Hint    
      
  2.What are the two large tubes that branch from the trachea in humans?  
  a.   nephridia  
  b.   alveoli  
  c.   bronchi  
  d.   esophagi  
  Hint    
      
  3.What are the main excretory organs of humans?  
  a.   lungs  
  b.   bladders  
  c.   adrenal glands  
  d.   kidneys  
  Hint    
      
  4.What are tiny openings in the sides of arthropods that allow gas exchange?  
  a.   lenticels  
  b.   alveoli  
  c.   stomata  
  d.   spiracles  
  Hint    
      
  5.What are the gas exchange areas of fishes?  
  a.   gills  
  b.   skin  
  c.   lungs  
  d.   trachea  
  Hint    
      
  6.What are the primary organs of gas exchange in humans?  
  a.   gills  
  b.   skin  
  c.   lungs  
  d.   tracheae  
  Hint    
      
  7.What is the tube that leads from each kidney to the bladder?  
  a.   Bowman's capsule  
  b.   ureter  
  c.   urethra  
  d.   glomerulus  
  Hint    
      
  8.What are the excretory organs of a grasshopper?  
  a.   nephridia  
  b.   nephrons  
  c.   Malpighian tubules  
  d.   glomerulus  
  Hint    
      
  9.What is the tube that leads from the bladder to the outside of the body?  
  a.   glomerulus  
  b.   ureter  
  c.   urethra  
  d.   Bowman's capsule  
  Hint    
      
  10.What are tiny openings in the stem of a plant that allow gas exchange?  
  a.   pores  
  b.   stomata  
  c.   lenticels  
  d.   gills  
  Hint    

 
   
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