GCSE Biology – High and low blood glucose
Learning Objectives
-I can describe how blood glucose concentration is monitored
-I can explain what happens when blood glucose is too high
-I can describe how insulin controls blood glucose levels
-I can explain what happens when blood glucose is too low
-I can explain the negative feedback loop that controls blood glucose levels
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Question 1 of 40
1. Question
Can the body change its blood glucose concentration?
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2. Question
What monitors and controls blood glucose concentration?
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3. Question
What is activated once a change is detected in glucose levels?
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What are hormones?
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5. Question
What hormones does the pancreas produce?
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6. Question
Which of these hormones does the pancreas secrete?
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7. Question
When would insulin be secreted?
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8. Question
What happens when there are high blood glucose levels?
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9. Question
What is insulin?
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10. Question
What system is insulin part of?
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Question 11 of 40
11. Question
Which gland secretes insulin?
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What produces insulin?
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13. Question
How else can insulin be produced?
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What does insulin do?
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How does insulin travel around the body?
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Is insulin exocrine or endocrine?
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Question 17 of 40
17. Question
What effect does insulin have on the blood glucose level?
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Question 18 of 40
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What happens when there are low blood glucose levels?
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19. Question
What does the liver do when there is low glucose?
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20. Question
Why is glucose needed by human cells?
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21. Question
Why may blood glucose be too low?
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22. Question
How is excess glucose stored?
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23. Question
What part of the body controls blood glucose levels?
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24. Question
How many hormones are involved in the controlling of blood glucose levels?
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25. Question
Other than insulin, what else does the control of blood glucose involve?
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26. Question
Why may blood glucose be too low?
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27. Question
How is excess glucose stored?
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28. Question
In what way is excess glucose stored?
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29. Question
What type of feedback is glucose concentration?
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30. Question
What is negative feedback?
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31. Question
What does glucagon do to glucose levels?
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32. Question
Where is excess glucose converted to glycogen?
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What produces glucagon?
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What type of chemical is glucagon?
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Where is glycogen stored?
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What part of the body breaks down glycogen?
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What breaks down into glycogen?
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38. Question
Why would eating too little mean glucagon would need to be released?
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39. Question
Why is glucagon used when there are low blood sugar levels?
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Question 40 of 40
40. Question
Why do insulin and glucagon not get released at the same time?
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