Science Multiple Choice Questions for GCSE 1-9

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: region of the brain associated with consciousness, memory, and language pituitary gland C cerebral cortex A visual cortex medulla B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: region of the brain concerned with coordinating muscular activity and balance cerebellum C muscle cortex A ceribral cortex medulla B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: muscles that contract and relax to change the shape of the lens of the eye ciliary muscles C neurones A fast twitch muscles pituitary muscles B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: areas that receive and process information from receptors CHS C reflex A brain coordination centres B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: areas (usually muscles or glands) that bring about responses in the body brain C sensory neurone A effectors reflector B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: the regulation of the internal conditions of a cell or organism to maintain optimum conditions for function, in response to internal and external changes temperature control C body regulation A homeostasis homoregulation B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: long sightedness, where the rays of light from distant objects can be focused clearly on the retina but the rays of light from close objects are not focused and the objects appear blurred hyperopia C hypotopia A focusing hypie B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: region of the brain concerned with unconscious activities such as controlling the heart rate and breathing rate CNS C Optic centre A medulla Cortex B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: carry impulses from the central nervous system to the effector organs sensory neurones C CNS A relay neurones motor neurones B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: bundle of hundreds or even thousands of neurones neurone C CNS A nerve brain B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: basic cells of the nervous system that carry minute electrical impulses around the body Motor cell C neurones A nerve CNS B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: cells that detect stimuli changes in the internal or external environment Nerve cell C receptors A neurone effectors B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: bring about a reflex action. They involve the sense organ, sensory neurone, relay neurone and motor neurone sensory arcs C reflex arcs A reflex arc B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: neurone that carries impulses from the sensory organs to the central nervous system Motor neurone C CNS A Relay neurone Sensory neurone B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: changes in the external or internal environment that can be detected by receptors stimuli C light A reflex sound B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: anti-diuretic hormone helps control the water balance of the body and affects the amount of urine produced by the kidney AAH C AHH A ADH HDH B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: hormone that prepares the body for flight or fight seratonine C progesterone A arenaline ADH B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: a plant hormone that controls the responses of plants to light (phototropism) and gravity (gravitropism) opsin C auxin A hormone antibody B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: methods of preventing pregnancy which usually involve preventing the sperm and egg from meeting spermicide C antimeeting A contraception sterillisation B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: the glands that produce the hormones that control many aspects of the development and metabolism of the body, and the hormones they produce Circulatory system C Nervous system A Lymphatic system Endocrine system B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: causes the eggs to mature in the ovary FSH C progesterone A LH oestrogen B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: plant hormones that are important in initiating seed germination auxin C gibberellins A LH FSH B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: hormone involved in the control of blood sugar levels glucagon C insulin A glucose sucragon B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: the response of a plant to gravity gravitropism C phototropism A massism tropism B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: chemicals produced in one area of the body of an organism that have an effect on the functioning of another area of the body. In animals hormones are produced in glands glucogen C insulin A hormones auxin B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: hormone involved in the control of blood sugar levels gycogen C pancreatin A glucagon insulin B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: female sex hormone that controls the development of secondary sexual characteristics in girls at puberty, and the build-up and maintenance of the uterus lining during the menstrual cycle oestrogen C LH A progesterone FSH B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: female sex organs that produce eggs and sex hormones kidney C ovaries A tubes uterous B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: the release of a mature egg (ovum) from the ovary FSH C fertillisation A birth ovulation B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: the response of a plant to light, controlled by auxin gravitropism C lighttropism A phototropism auxination B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: endocrine master gland found in the brain that secretes a number of different hormones into the blood in response to different conditions to control other endocrine glands in the body Pituitary gland C Thyroid gland A Medulla gland Adrenal gland B D

GCSE 1-9 Science Multiple Choice Question Which key word matches the following definition: the part of the nervous system where information is processed. It is made up of the brain and spinal cord Sensory neurones C neurones A CNS Synapse B D