AL REEYADA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

MAHASEN ARAMCO, AL HASSA, KSA

SY 2014 2015
2ND TERM
SCIENCE 7
WORKSHEET IN TRANSPORT IN LIVING ORGANISMS
NAME: ________________________ GRADE: _______ ROLL NO.: _____________ DATE:
______________

I. CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE ANSWER AND WRITE THE

CORRESPONDING LETTER (A, B, C, OR D) IN THE BRACKETS (
PROVIDED.

1
Simple organisms, such as the amoeba, excrete their waste
products to the surroundings by _____________.
(A) diffusion

(B) active transport

(C) osmosis

(D) capillary action

)
2

Water enters the root hairs of a plant by __________.

(A) diffusion

(B) absorption

(C) osmosis

(D) active transport

)
3
The xylem tissue in a flowering plant is responsible for the
transport of ______.
(A) water only

(B) water and sugar

(C) water and minerals

(
)

(D) sugar and minerals

4
Which of the following substances is carried in the phloem to
the different parts of a flowering plant?
(A) starch

(B) minerals

(C) sugar

(D) salt

)
5
Which of the following does not form part of the human
circulatory system?

(A) heart
(C) blood vessels

(B) stomach
(D) blood

)
6

Which type of blood vessels carry blood back to the heart?

(A) arteries

(B) capillaries

(C) veins
(
)
7

(D) veins and capillaries

Which of the following has the thinnest walls?

(A) the heart

(B) the capillary

(C) the artery

(D) the vein

)
8

The valves in a vein ____________.

(A) increase the rate of flow of blood through it
(B) decrease the rate of flow of blood through it
(C) prevent blood from flowing towards the heart
(D) prevent blood from flowing away from the heart
(
)

9
Oxygen diffuses into the cells of our body through the walls
of our ________.
(A) heart
(C) arteries

(B) capillaries
(D) veins

)
10

Top View
(A) a white blood cell
(C) a red blood cell
)

Side View
(B) plasma
(D) platelets

11

Carbon dioxide is transported by the _________ in our blood.

(A) red blood cells

(B) plasma

(C) white blood cells

(D) platelets

)
12

Which of the following is not a function of blood?

(A) transports digested food substances from the intestines
to all parts of the body
(B) defends the body against infections by bacteria
(C) transports waste products to the kidneys
(D) transports oxygen from the body cells to the lungs
(
)

13 Water is drawn up the xylem when water from the leaves

evaporates and diffuses out through tiny holes found mainly on
the underside of the leaves, called ________.
(A) epidermis
(C) root hair

(B) stomata
(D) xylem

)
14 The system involves the circulation of blood pumped out of a
special organs.
(A) digestive system

(B) circulatory system

(C) nervous system

(
)

(D) respiratory system

15 Transport food (sugar) made in the leaves to all the parts of

the plant.
(A) phloem
(C) roots

(B) xylem
(D) leaf

)
II. Short answer Questions
1
Name the two different types of tissue in the transport
system of a flowering plant.

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Name the two gases that are transported by blood around
the body.
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3

Name the blood vessel in the human body that

A
carries blood away from the heart to all other parts of
the body
_____________________________________________________________________
B

connects two other types of blood vessels in the body

_____________________________________________________________________
C

carries blood from the rest of the body back to the heart

_____________________________________________________________________

4
The diagram below shows one type of cell found in the
blood.

Name the type of cell.

________________________________________________________________
B

State one function of the cell.

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III. Structured Questions

1
Describe briefly how water is transported from the ground to
the leaves of flowering plants.
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2
How does the heart circulate blood to the different parts of
the human body?
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3

State one difference between an artery and a vein.

artery

vein

Bring this worksheet without answer on

March 8, 2015.