Topic 34 Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs — what needs James (18)

Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 1 · tests LIF5-065

EasyMCQType 1 — which organs do this job (clean the blood; store the urine; make the cells a baby grows from; sit under the lower ribs)

A girl skates at an ice rink, and her blood picks up waste from the parts of her body. Which organs clean the waste out of her blood?

1. a) the bladder
2. b) the reproductive organs
3. c) the heart
4. d) the kidneys ← key

Why it is this type: The kidneys clean the blood. They take waste and extra water out of the blood. So her kidneys clean the waste out of her blood.

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Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 2 · tests LIF5-066

EasyMCQType 2 — what the job of the named organ is

A girl waits in line at a theme park. What is the job of her bladder?

1. a) store urine until you go to the toilet ← key
2. b) make the cells a baby grows from
3. c) pump blood all round the body
4. d) clean the blood and make urine

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Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 3 · tests LIF5-065

EasyMCQType 3 — what the kidneys take out; where an organ sits; which sentence is true about its shape

Which sentence is true about the kidneys?

1. a) They are one long, folded tube.
2. b) They are one stretchy bag.
3. c) They are two bean-shaped organs. ← key
4. d) They are one pump in the chest.

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Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 4 · tests LIF5-066

EasyMCQType 4 — which organ is coloured in the drawing

[Drawing: a front view of a head and trunk; one part inside the trunk is coloured and the rest are gray; the coloured part is a small bag low in the middle of the belly, with a thin gray tube coming down into it from each side and a short gray tube leaving its bottom] One part is colored in this drawing of the inside of the body. Which organ is it?

1. a) the kidneys
2. b) the bladder ← key
3. c) the reproductive organs
4. d) the heart

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Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 5 · tests LIF5-065

EasyMCQType 5 — what color the urine is after little / a lot to drink

A girl drinks a lot of water during a long dance class. That evening, what color is her urine?

1. a) pale yellow ← key
2. b) green
3. c) brown
4. d) dark yellow

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Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 6 · tests LIF5-066

EasyMCQType 6 — what the bladder is like just after the toilet / three hours later

A girl has just been to the toilet at a restaurant. What is her bladder like now?

1. a) full of blood
2. b) full of air
3. c) small and empty ← key
4. d) stretched and full

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Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 7 · tests LIF5-067

EasyMCQType 7 — where the waste or the urine goes next; which organ it came from; which organ lies between the kidneys and the outside

Urine leaves a girl's kidneys. Where does it go next?

1. a) back into the blood
2. b) the kidneys
3. c) the bladder ← key
4. d) out of the body

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Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 8 · tests LIF5-065

MediumMCQType 8 — the correct reason (dark urine; the full feeling; the bladder filling on a dry day; what would happen with no kidneys; why the reproductive organs are organs); what the blood is like leaving a kidney

A girl's urine is dark yellow after a long soccer game in Texas. What is the correct reason?

1. a) Her kidneys took out a lot of water with the waste.
2. b) Her kidneys stopped taking waste out of her blood.
3. c) Her kidneys took out little water with the waste. ← key
4. d) Her kidneys made no urine at all.

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Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 9 · tests LIF5-067

MediumMCQType 9 — the rule applied to a fresh case: what the bladder does while a boy waits; where the kidneys' water is now; what a woman's organs make; the correct organ-and-job pair

A boy's kidneys take some waste out of his blood at nine in the morning, and he does not go to the toilet until noon. At ten, where is that waste?

1. a) back in his blood
2. b) in his bladder, as urine ← key
3. c) in his stomach
4. d) in his heart

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Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 10 · tests LIF5-067

MediumorderingType 10 — which list gives the path in order from the blood to the outside

A girl drinks a fruit smoothie. Which list gives the path the extra water takes, in order, from her blood to the outside?

1. a) the bladder, the kidneys, the blood, out of the body
2. b) the blood, the kidneys, the bladder, out of the body ← key
3. c) the blood, the bladder, the kidneys, out of the body
4. d) the kidneys, the blood, the bladder, out of the body

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Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 11 · tests LIF5-066

HardtypedType 11 — the name of the two bean-shaped organs; the name of the yellow liquid; the name of the stretchy bag

A stretchy bag low in a boy's belly stores urine until he goes to the toilet. Type the name of this organ.

Accepted answers (typed): bladder, the bladder, a bladder, bladders, blader, bladdar, bladda, blatter.

Why it is this type: The bladder is a stretchy bag that stores urine until you go to the toilet. So the name is bladder.

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Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 12 · tests LIF5-067

HardorderingType 12 — the four stops in order; the four steps in order

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Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 13 · tests LIF5-067

HardMCQType 13 — the TWO organs the extra water passes through, as urine

A girl drinks a can of soda. Select the TWO organs that the extra water passes through, as urine, on its way out of her body.

1. a) the kidneys ← key
2. b) the bladder ← key
3. c) the reproductive organs
4. d) the heart

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Topic 34 · Kidneys, bladder and the reproductive organs · Type 14 · tests LIF5-067

HardMCQType 14 — two ideas chained: little to drink on a hot afternoon (less, darker urine still reaches the bladder); a lot to drink before bed (the kidneys' urine fills the bladder in the night)

A girl spends a hot afternoon at a water park but drinks almost nothing. Which sentence is true about the urine that reaches her bladder that afternoon?

1. a) There is more of it, and it is pale yellow.
2. b) There is none, because she did not drink.
3. c) There is less of it, and it is dark yellow. ← key
4. d) It is clear, like water.

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