Respiration and Excretion
Practice Test
1.
What is the tiny filter unit of the kidney?
a.
villum
b.
cilium
c.
alveolus
d.
nephron
Hint
2.
What is a poisonous gas that can be carried by red blood cells more easily than oxygen?
a.
carbon monoxide
b.
air
c.
carbon dioxide
d.
water
Hint
3.
What is the system that rids the body of liquid wastes?
a.
excretory system
b.
respiratory system
c.
circulatory system
d.
digestive system
Hint
4.
What is a lung disease that is not communicable?
a.
AIDS
b.
emphysema
c.
measles
d.
pneumonia
Hint
5.
How do cells of the body use oxygen?
a.
It is used in cellular respiration.
b.
It is used in photosynthesis.
c.
It is used to make food.
d.
It is used to fight disease.
Hint
6.
What is a liquid waste that results from the breakdown of proteins in the body?
a.
bile
b.
urea
c.
carbon dioxide
d.
blood
Hint
7.
What system is made up of body parts that help with the exchange of gases?
a.
reproductive system
b.
digestive system
c.
circulatory system
d.
respiratory system
Hint
8.
What is the process by which oxygen passes from an alveolus into a capillary?
a.
osmosis
b.
transfusion
c.
respiration
d.
diffusion
Hint
9.
What tube carries urine from a kidney to the urinary bladder?
a.
urethra
b.
bile duct
c.
ureter
d.
vein
Hint
10.
What organ discharges urine into the urethra?
a.
urinary bladder
b.
pancreas
c.
kidney
d.
ureter
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