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IGCSE Excretion Ws

This document is a biology worksheet about excretion and the urinary system. It contains questions that assess understanding of the structure and function of the kidneys and nephrons, including labeling diagrams, explaining processes like deamination and the functioning of a kidney machine, calculating volumes of blood filtered and urine produced, and identifying key parts and their roles in filtering and removing waste from the blood.

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IGCSE Excretion Ws

This document is a biology worksheet about excretion and the urinary system. It contains questions that assess understanding of the structure and function of the kidneys and nephrons, including labeling diagrams, explaining processes like deamination and the functioning of a kidney machine, calculating volumes of blood filtered and urine produced, and identifying key parts and their roles in filtering and removing waste from the blood.

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IGCSE Biology Worksheet Excretion Marks: 40


1 Fig. 1.1 shows an incomplete diagram of the female urinary system.

(a) On Fig. 1.1, draw and label the following parts:


renal artery, urethra and ureter. [4]
(b) Name three components that are present in the urine of a healthy person.
1.
2.
3. [3]
(c) If the kidneys fail, the patient may be put on a kidney machine.
Explain how a kidney machine works.

[4]
2. Table 2.1 shows the relative quantities of several substances in the blood in the renal
artery and renal vein.

Explain what is happening in the kidney to bring about three of the differences between
the blood in the renal artery and renal vein, shown in the table.

[3]
3. Protein is one nutrient present in a balanced diet. The body cannot store protein, so any
excess amino acids are broken down in the process of deamination
(i) Name the organ where deamination takes place.

[1]
(ii) The urea produced is transported to the kidney, where it is excreted.
Describe how urea is transported in the blood to the kidney.

[2]
4. Fig. 4.1 shows a kidney tubule (nephron) and its associated blood vessels.

a) Complete the table by naming the parts labelled A to D and stating one function for
each. [8]
b) The volume of blood filtered by the kidneys is 1.18 dm3 min-1.
(i) Calculate the total volume of blood filtered in 24 hours.
Show your working.

volume = [2]
(ii) If the total volume of urine produced in 24 hours is 1.7 dm3, calculate the
percentage volume of the filtered blood excreted as urine in 24 hours.
Show your working.

% volume = [2]
5. (a) Why do most waste products of metabolism have to be removed from the body?
[1]
(b) Name the parts that fit each of the following descriptions.
(i) The tube that carries urine from the kidneys.
[1]
(ii) The organ that stores urine.
[1]
(iii) The blood vessel that carries blood away from the kidney.
[1]
(c) Outline how the kidneys remove only waste materials from the blood.

[3]
6. List three substances which are reabsorbed from the nephron into the blood.

[3]
7. Name two substances found in the blood which you would not find in the fluid inside a renal
capsule. [1]

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