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2.2 - All Worksheets - Homework Sheets - Extension Sheets
2.2 - All Worksheets - Homework Sheets - Extension Sheets
Worksheets
Worksheet 1: Learning the parts of the circulatory system, Level A 112
Worksheet 1: Learning the parts of the circulatory system, Level B 113
Homework sheets
Homework 1: Interpreting a graph 124
Homework 2: Questions on the circulatory system 125
Extension sheets
Extension 1: Effects of exercise on the heart 126
Extension 2: Interpreting a graph 1 127
Extension 3: Interpreting a graph 2 128
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Worksheet 1: Learning the parts of the
circulatory system
Level A Student’s Book pages 155–156
Tasks
1 — Fill in all the labels on the diagram.
2 — Colour in the systemic and pulmonary systems. Remember that systemic systems carry blood from the heart to
the rest of the body and back again. Pulmonary systems carry blood from the heart to the lungs and back.
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Worksheet 1: Learning the parts of the
circulatory system
Level B Student’s Book pages 155–156
Tasks
1 — Fill in all the labels on the diagram, using words from the word bank.
Word bank
Heart Blood vessels Blood
• Left atrium • Mitral valve • Pulmonary artery • Oxygenated blood
• Right atrium • Tricuspid valve • Pulmonary vein • Deoxygenated blood
• Left ventricle • Semi-lunar valve • Superior vena cava
• Right ventricle • Septum • Aorta
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Worksheet 2: The pathway of blood
in the body
Level A Student’s Book page 159
Tasks
Deoxygenated blood Oxygenated blood
1 — Study the diagram. Track the pathway of blood in the body,
Pulmonary Pulmonary
starting at the heart leading into the pulmonary artery. artery carrying vein carrying
deoxygenated oxygenated
blood. blood.
2 — Complete the table below by listing a part of the circulatory
system and the pathway the blood takes. Three of the items
have been completed to help you.
Aorta takes
oxygenated
Superior vena blood to the
cava carries body.
deoxygenated
blood back to
the heart.
2.
3.
4.
5.
7.
8.
9.
10. Right ventricle Pumps blood out of the heart to the pulmonary artery.
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Worksheet 2: The pathway of blood in the body
Level B Student’s Book page 159
Deoxygenated blood Oxygenated blood
Pulmonary Pulmonary
Tasks artery carrying vein carrying
deoxygenated oxygenated
1 — Study the diagram. Track the pathway of blood in the blood. blood.
body, starting at the heart leading into the pulmonary artery.
2.
3.
4.
5.
7.
8.
9.
10. Right ventricle Pumps blood out of the heart to the pulmonary artery.
Statement bank
• Left atrium – oxygenated blood pumped to the… • Lungs – blood picks up oxygen and exits lungs
• Right atrium – pumps deoxygenated blood to the… via the…
• Left ventricle – takes oxygenated blood out of the • Pulmonary vein – takes oxygenated blood
heart. to the…
• Vena cava – takes deoxygenated blood back to the • Body – oxygen is used by working muscles and
heart. then to the…
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Worksheet 3: Three types of blood vessels
Level A Student’s Book pages 156–157
Tasks
1 — Complete the table below by giving information on the three types of blood vessels.
2 — In your own words, state why the design of each blood vessel suits its purpose.
Artery:
Capillary:
Vein:
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Worksheet 3: Three types of blood vessels
Level B Student’s Book pages 156–157
Task
There are seven statements
Complete the table below by giving information on the three types of blood for both arteries and veins, but
vessels. Use the statements in the statement bank to help you. Each only six for capillaries.
statement is used once.
Statement bank
• Fed by the arteries at one end • Has no pulse
• Has thin walls • Does not have valves
• Has a strong pulse • Works under low pressure
• Has a less elastic quality • Does not have valves
• Walls are semi-permeable • Carries deoxygenated blood
• Has valves • Blood enters at a high pressure
• Minute internal diameter • Has an elastic quality
• Takes blood away from the heart • Has thick walls
• Feeds the veins at the other end
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Worksheet 4: The composition of blood
Level A Student’s Book page 160
Tasks
1 — Link the two halves of each sentence together so that they make sense and form a true statement.
Red blood cells are called… …55 per cent of the volume of blood.
In the red blood cells is haemoglobin; this …by going to the source of infection.
helps…
White blood cells protect the body… …the transportation of oxygen to the working muscles.
…in both the long bones and the lymph tissue of the
White blood cells are produced… body.
Plasma is 90 per cent water and makes up… …the circulation between cells and tissue.
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Worksheet 4: The composition of blood
Level B Student’s Book page 160
Task
Look again at your workbook
Link the two halves of each sentence together so that they make sense and notes to remind you of the
form a true statement. Write each of them out in your workbook. ideas in the sentences.
…erythrocytes.
…in both the long bones and the lymph tissue of the body.
…leukocytes.
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Worksheet 5: Effects of exercise on the heart
Level A Student’s Book pages 155–166
Task
When you have written each
Complete the paragraphs below by filling in the gaps. entry, read the whole sentence
and check that it makes sense.
This provides enough to the muscles when they are not undertaking extra exercise. Every
heartbeat pumps blood out of the heart, this is called the . Over a minute, the total blood
During exercise, the heart rate . The heart rate depends on the type of exercise. If it is easy, the
At rest, the stroke volume pumps about of blood. During exercise, this could increase to 130ml,
To calculate the cardiac output multiply the . This gives the amount
of blood ejected from the heart per minute. As the heart rate and stroke volume increase with exercise, so the
cardiac output will increase as well. After exercise, the blood returns to its resting rate. The time it takes to do this is
called the . A cool-down can help the body gradually return to the resting heart rate. This
takes about five minutes depending on the fitness level and type of cool-down.
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Worksheet 5: Effects of exercise on the heart
Level B Student’s Book pages 155–166
Task
When you have written each entry, read the
Complete the paragraphs below by filling in the gaps. whole sentence and check that it makes sense.
Use the statement bank to help you; they are used
Write the statements in pencil until you are sure
once only.
they are correctly placed.
This provides enough to the muscles when they are not undertaking extra exercise. Every
heartbeat pumps blood out of the heart, this is called the . Over a minute, the total blood
During exercise, the heart rate . The heart rate depends on the type of exercise. If it is easy, the
At rest, the stroke volume pumps about of blood. During exercise, this could increase to 130ml,
To calculate the cardiac output multiply the . This gives the amount
of blood ejected from the heart per minute. As the heart rate and stroke volume increase with exercise, so the
cardiac output will increase as well. After exercise, the blood returns to its resting rate. The time it takes to do this is
called the . A cool-down can help the body gradually return to the resting heart rate. This
takes about five minutes depending on the fitness level and type of cool-down.
Statement bank
• increases • recovery rate
• cardiac output • 85ml
• resting heart rate • 220 – age
• oxygen • 72 beats per minute
• stroke volume • stroke volume by the heart rate
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Worksheet 6: Immediate effects of exercise
on the performer
Level A Student’s Book pages 165–166
Task
Look at the image below, which lists the effects that exercise has on the body. Fill in the gaps to complete the
sentences.
a) The f)
reddens when widen to let more blood
blood vessels through.
.
g) The
b) increases.
volume increases.
h) , a waste
product, is removed from
c) The body
the body and left on the
to rid itself surface of the skin.
of waste products.
i) Blood speeds up
to help control the
d) Red to stop
take the oxygen to
the working muscles.
exhaustion.
e) Working
j) More
is required by the working
produce heat. muscles.
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Worksheet 6: Immediate effects of exercise
on the performer
Level B Student’s Book pages 165–166
Task
Look at the diagram below, which lists the effects that exercise has on the body. Fill in the gaps to complete the
sentences. Use the words from the word bank to help you.
a) The f)
reddens when widen to let more blood
blood vessels through.
.
g) The
b) increases.
volume increases.
h) , a waste
c) The body product, is removed from
the body and left on the
to rid itself surface of the skin.
of waste products.
i) Blood speeds up
to help control the
d) Red
take the oxygen to to stop
the working muscles.
exhaustion.
e) Working
j) More
is required by the working
produce heat. muscles.
Word bank
• temperature • muscles • dilate
• salt • oxygen • blood cells
• stroke • heat • arteries
• sweats • heart rate • face
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Homework 1: Interpreting a graph
Student’s Book pages 157–158
Task
Study the graph below and answer the questions labelled a to h.
210
180
150
Heartbeats per minute
120
90
60
30
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30
Time in minutes
f) How many minutes into the activity is the athlete working hardest?
g) How can you tell that the activity reaches a stage where the degree of difficulty is the same?
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Homework 2: Questions on the circulatory
system
Student’s Book pages 155–166
Task
Read each of the following questions carefully and answer them with full sentences.
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Extension 1: Effects of exercise on the heart
Student’s Book pages 157–166
Tasks
1 — Simon has recently started exercising to improve his fitness. He has never studied Biology or GCSE PE and so
has no understanding of how his body reacts to exercise. He has several questions he needs answering:
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Extension 2: Interpreting a graph 1
Student’s Book pages 157–158
Tasks
1 — Study the graph below, which shows the changing heart rate in a training session.
210
180
150
Heartbeats per minute
120
90
60
30
0
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 51
Time in minutes
i) 0–18?
ii) 18–34?
iii) 34–51?
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Extension 3: Interpreting a graph 2
Student’s Book pages 157–158
Tasks
1 — Study the graph below, which shows the changing heart rate in a training session.
210
180
150
Heartbeats per minute
120
90
60
30
0
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 51
Time in minutes
i) 0–18?
ii) 18–27?
iii) 39?
iv) 39–51?
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The heart
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The heart and double circulatory system
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