Al Waha International School, Jeddah

Academic Session 2024-2025

Grade 7-Chapter 5-Workksheet -2-Term 1

Name: …………………………… Section:………

Date:……………………… Marks: 34

1 Fig. 1.1 is a diagram of the human gas exchange system.

Fig. 1.1

(a) (i) Identify using a label line and a label on Fig. 1.1:
• a lung
• the diaphragm. [2]
(ii) State the name of structure A in Fig. 1.1.
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[1]
(iii) Oxygen molecules pass through structure A on their way to the red blood cells. State
the names of three other structures in the gas exchange system that oxygen molecules
must pass through on their way to the red blood cells.
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[3]
(iv) State the name of the process that moves oxygen into the red blood cells.
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[1]
(b)Fig. 1.2 is a magnified image of the exchange surface shown in region B in Fig. 1.1.

(i)State the name of the main blood vessel that delivers blood to the lungs.
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[1]

(ii) The gas exchange surface shown in Fig. 1.2 is permeable to make gas exchange efficient.

List two other features of gas exchange surfaces.

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[2]

(b) Oxygen concentration is higher in inspired air than in expired air.

State one other way the composition of inspired air differs from the composition of expired
air.

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[1]

[Total: 11]

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2.(a)A student performed different types of activity.

She measured her heart rate during each type of activity in beats per minute (bpm).
The results are shown in Fig. 2.1.

(i) State the type of activity that results in the highest heart rate in Fig. 2.1.
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[1]

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(ii) State the heart rate of the student when she was cycling.

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(iii) Calculate the percentage increase in her heart rate between resting and walking.

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( b) Breathing is also affected by exercise. Describe the effects of exercise on breathing.
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[2]
(c) Aerobic respiration increases during exercise.
(i) State the name of the gas required for aerobic respiration.
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(ii) State where aerobic respiration occurs in a cell.
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[1]
(d) Anaerobic respiration can occur when exercising vigorously.
(i) State the word equation for anaerobic respiration in muscle cells.
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[1]
(ii) State one advantage of using aerobic rather than anaerobic respiration in humans.
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[1]
[Total: 10]

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5.The boxes on the left show the components of blood. The boxes on the right show the
medical conditions that they are used to treat.

a.Draw a straight line from each component of the blood to the medical condition that it iss
used to treat.

Table 5.1

[3]

(a) (i) Describe two ways that the structure of a red blood cell differs from the structure of a
white blood cell.
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2 ........................................................................................................................................

[2]
(ii) Suggest why it is important for blood to form a clot if a blood vessel is cut.
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[1]
[Total: 6]

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