Endocrine glands and the hormones they release
10th grade (Year 11 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.HS-LS1-2, NGSS.HS-LS1-3 · England: GCSE Combined Science: Homeostasis and response
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Question 1
Does this describe the nervous system or the endocrine system: acts on one precise place?
- A. nervous system
- B. endocrine (hormonal) system
Question 2
Which gland releases ADH (anti-diuretic hormone)?
- A. pituitary gland
- B. adrenal glands
- C. thyroid gland
- D. pancreas
Question 3
Which hormone controls the body's basal metabolic rate?
- A. thyroxine
- B. adrenaline
- C. insulin
- D. testosterone
Question 4
Does this describe the nervous system or the endocrine system: chemical messengers carried in the blood?
- A. nervous system
- B. endocrine (hormonal) system
Question 5
Which gland releases FSH?
- A. thyroid gland
- B. pituitary gland
- C. ovaries
- D. testes
Question 6
Why is the pituitary gland called the "master gland"?
- A. It is the largest gland
- B. Its hormones control the activity of other glands
- C. It makes all the body's hormones
- D. It controls the heart directly
Question 7
Does this describe the nervous system or the endocrine system: slower but longer-lasting effects?
- A. nervous system
- B. endocrine (hormonal) system
Question 8
Which gland releases adrenaline (epinephrine)?
- A. thyroid gland
- B. ovaries
- C. adrenal glands
- D. pituitary gland
Question 9
Which hormone controls the body's basal metabolic rate?
- A. adrenaline
- B. testosterone
- C. insulin
- D. thyroxine
Question 10
Does this describe the nervous system or the endocrine system: electrical impulses along neurones?
- A. nervous system
- B. endocrine (hormonal) system
Question 11
Which gland releases progesterone?
- A. adrenal glands
- B. ovaries
- C. pituitary gland
- D. pancreas
Question 12
Thyroxine levels fall. How does the body respond by negative feedback?
- A. The pituitary releases more TSH, so the thyroid makes more thyroxine
- B. The pancreas releases insulin
- C. The thyroid stops working
- D. Adrenaline is released
Question 13
Does this describe the nervous system or the endocrine system: electrical impulses along neurones?
- A. nervous system
- B. endocrine (hormonal) system
Question 14
Which gland releases insulin?
- A. ovaries
- B. thyroid gland
- C. pancreas
- D. adrenal glands
Question 15
Thyroxine levels fall. How does the body respond by negative feedback?
- A. The pituitary releases more TSH, so the thyroid makes more thyroxine
- B. The thyroid stops working
- C. Adrenaline is released
- D. The pancreas releases insulin
Question 16
Does this describe the nervous system or the endocrine system: electrical impulses along neurones?
- A. nervous system
- B. endocrine (hormonal) system
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