Year 10 biology test.

Name:______________________
Form:_____

Please read all questions and instructions carefully. Answer all

questions on the test paper. Make sure your answers are clear
and unambiguous, multiple answers = no mark. Fill in name
and form before you proceed.

1. The diagram below shows a neurone.

Which structures could be found at X and Y?

2. The diagram shows shoots of maize seedlings.

Which shoot shows positive geotropism?

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3. What is true for a runner, at the end of a marathon race, in a
hot climate?
A sweating and vasoconstriction
B sweating and vasodilation
C vasoconstriction only
D vasodilation only

4. The diagram shows the apparatus used to investigate the

effect of light on the growth of three plant shoots.

Which diagram shows the likely result after one day?

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5. The diagram shows the human nervous system.
Which letter indicates a part of the central nervous system?

6. The diagram shows a person sweating in hot weather.

What part is played by sweat glands during the process of

sweating?
A effector
B receptor
C sense-organ

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 D stimulus

7. Match each of the plant hormones to its function. Write the

letter that corresponds to the correct answer in the function
box next to the hormone.

Plant hormone Function

Auxin
Giberellin
Ethylene
Abscisic Acid

A. Stimulates shoot elongation, stimulates flowering and

development of fruit, promotes seed and bud germination
B. Stimulates cell elongation; involved in phototropism,
gravitropism, apical dominance.
C. Stimulates stomate closure during water stress, inhibits
growth, and promotes seed dormancy.
D. Stimulates fruit ripening, leaf and flower senescence
(death), opposes some auxin effects.

8. Fill in the gaps in this table to compare/contrast the features

of nerves and hormones.
Nerves Hormones

Message type

Conduction speed

Duration of effect

Potential spread of
effect

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 9. Match each of these terms about plants with the most
accurate brief definition.

term Definition
Phototropism
Gravitropism
Thigmotropism
Tropism
Thigmonasty

A. Touch induced movement of a plant, not growth.

B. Directional growth in a plant as a response to a touch.

C. Plant’s response to gravity.

D.Plant growth response that results in the plant growing

either toward or away from a stimulus.

E. Growth of a shoot in a certain direction in response to

light.

10. Name the following neuron types in the box below each
diagram.

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11. Name the term that is used to describe the maintenance
of a constant internal environment.

Suggest why it is important that the body temperature of

humans is kept constant.

Describe and explain the effect of sweating in maintaining

human body temperature.

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12. The graph below shows changes in a person’s body
temperature before, during and after a period of exercise.

Using information from this, state the normal body temperature

of this person in ºC along with your reason selecting this
temperature.

Explain what is meant by the term vasodilation.

On the graph above, label with an X a point when vasodilation

is having an effect on the person’s body temperature.
Explain how vasodilation affects body temperature.

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13. Tropisms occur in plants. State the meaning of the term
tropism.

Complete the Table below about tropisms in plants.

Stimulus Name of tropism Effect on plant shoot

Gravity
Light

Give two examples of Thigmonasty with a brief suggestion of

an adaptive advantage for the plant.

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14. The diagram below shows the reflex arc for the knee jerk reflex.

Name parts A to D.

(c) Explain what would happen to the reflex shown in the

diagram if the nerve was cut at the point labelled X-Y.

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15. During lactation (milk production), the suckling by the
baby stimulates the production of oxytocin, which in turn
causes contraction of smooth muscle surrounding the milk
duct, causing milk to flow. The flow of milk increases the
suckling by the baby and more oxytocin is produced.

Identify the type of feedback system described above.

What would end the feedback loop?

Draw and label a flow chart of a feedback system for the

release of oxytocin.

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