Combined Science

Activity 3 – 2Q – 1ST PARCIAL

Student: __________________________________________________________________
Date: ______________ Class: 4TH Media Section: ______ Teacher: __________________
B8 Transport in Mammals
1. The diagram shows a vertical section through the heart.

2. What describes the oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in blood as it passes through the lungs?

3. The diagram shows an external view of the heart of a man who has recently had a heart attack.
Which blood vessel was blocked by a blood clot to cause the attack?
4. A baby girl was born with a missing heart valve. Fig. 8.1 shows the structure of her heart.

(a) Name the parts labelled A, B and C.

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(b) When the ventricles of the heart contract, they push on the blood so that it flows into the arteries.
Explain why this will not happen properly in the left hand side of the baby’s heart.

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(c) The missing heart valve means that less oxygenated blood is carried to the body tissues.

(i) Describe where and how the blood becomes oxygenated.

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(ii) Explain why a lack of oxygen in the blood makes it difficult to do vigorous exercise.

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5. Fig. 1.1 shows a vertical section through a human heart, drawn as though the person is facing you.

(a) Name the parts of the heart labelled A, B and C.

(b) (i) Use a pencil to lightly shade in the places in Fig. 1.1 where there is oxygenated blood. [1]

(ii) Where does the blood become oxygenated?

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(c) On the diagram, draw two arrows to show how blood travels through the left hand side of the heart.
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(d) The heart muscle is supplied with blood through the coronary arteries. Explain why a blockage in
these arteries can cause a heart attack.

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6 Fig. 1.1 shows a vertical section through a human heart.

(a) On the diagram, use label lines to label these parts of the heart. [3]

bicuspid valve pulmonary artery septum

(b) Explain why the wall of the left ventricle is thicker than the wall of the right ventricle.

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(c) Describe two differences between the structure of the aorta and the pulmonary vein.

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(d) The heart muscle is supplied with blood through the coronary arteries. Explain why a blockage in these
arteries can cause a heart attack.

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7 Oxygen is transported around the body in red blood cells. Fig. 2.2 is a diagram of a group of red blood cells.

(i) State one difference, apart from their colour, between the appearance of red blood cells and white
blood cells.

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(ii) What makes red blood cells look red?

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(iii) Choose three features of red blood cells and for each of them explain how this adapts them for their
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8 Fig. 9.1 shows a section through a human heart seen from the front.
(a) (i) The walls of the heart are made of cardiac muscle. Describe the function of the cardiac muscle in
the heart.

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(ii) State the name of the blood vessels that supply the cardiac muscle with oxygen.

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(iii) Give the letters of the two labelled blood vessels in Fig. 9.1 that contain oxygenated blood.

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