Glands
Vocab
Multiple Choice
100
This gland communicates with the pituitary gland to regulate other organs.
What is the hypothalamus?
100
A chemical that travels through the bloodstream to make changes to the body.
What is a hormone?
100
A rollercoaster will trigger this hormone.
a) Metabolism
b) Pituitary
c) Adrenaline
d) Punnett squares
What is adrenaline?
200
This gland is responsible for producing adrenaline.
What is the adrenal gland?
200
A type of organ in the body that secretes, or releases, hormones.
What is a gland?
200
The body’s process of digesting new substances.
a) Metabolism
b) Insulin
c) Adrenaline
d) Punnett squares
What is metabolism?
300
This gland is responsible for controlling most other glands in the body.
What is the pituitary gland?
300
A hormone that helps to regulate blood sugar throughout the body by lowering the blood sugar level.
What is Insulin?
300
This hormone was released in the morning, noon, and evening.
a) Metabolism
b) Insulin
c) Adrenaline
d) None of the above
What is insulin?
400
This gland controls the speed of digestion and the contraction of muscles.
What is the thyroid gland?
400
A state of equilibrium within the body.
What is homeostasis?
400
This is a method to determine the possibility of inherited traits.
a) Punnett Squares
b) Homeostasis
c) Inheritence
d) None of the Above
What are punnett squares?
500
This gland produces enzymes, which break down foods during digestion.
What is the pancreas?
500
The process of passing something down from one generation to another.
What is inheritance?
500
If brown eyes (Bb) are a dominant trait, and blue eyes (bb) are recessive, what is the percentage of the child having blue eyes?
a) 0%
b) 25%
c) 50%
d) 75%
What is 50%?