Check Your Knowledge On Life Processes

Life processes - Test

1.

Getting rid of waste is one of the life processes. What name is given to this process?

excretion

nutrition

ingestion

2.

Air moves from the outside into the lungs through:

the windpipe

the alveoli

the diaphragm

3.

What is breathing more properly called?

ventilation

respiration

exasperation

4.

What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs called?

ravioli

bronchioles

alveoli

5.

What happens during gas exchange in the lungs?

oxygen diffuses into the blood and carbon dioxide diffuses out of it.

carbon dioxide diffuses into the blood and oxygen diffuses into it.

oxygen only diffuses.

6.

Approximately how many bones are there in the human skeleton?

about 50

about 100

about 200

7.

Which part of the skeleton protects the lungs?

the pelvis

the rib cage

the skull

8.

What is the smooth substance at the end of a bone called?

cartilage

tendon

ligament

9.

What sort of joint is the hip joint?

hinge joint

pivot joint

ball and socket joint

10.

How does a muscle move a bone?

contracting and pushing

contracting and pulling

relaxing and pulling

11.

Muscles that work in opposite pairs are called:

protagonistic muscles

arthritic muscles

antagonistic muscles