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IB DP Biology 8 mins 8 questions

Multiple Choice Questions

Neural Signalling
Neurones: Function & Structure / Nerve Impulses / Nerve Impulses: Skills / Synapses

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Medium (4 questions) /4

Hard (1 question) /1

Total Marks /8

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Easy Questions
1 Between which structures do sensory neurones transmit electrical impulses?

A. From effectors to the central nervous system (CNS).


B. From effectors to receptors.
C. From receptors to effectors.
D. From receptors to the central nervous system (CNS).
(1 mark)

2 Where would myelin be found?

(1 mark)

3 Neurotransmitters leave the presynaptic neurone and enter the synaptic cleft. After this, they
travel across the cleft to a receptor on the postsynaptic neurone membrane.

Identify the processes that are required for this to occur.

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Neurotransmitters enter synaptic cleft Neurotransmitters travel across cleft

A Endocytosis Diffusion

B Endocytosis Active transport

C Exocytosis Diffusion

D Exocytosis Active transport

(1 mark)

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Medium Questions
1 The diagram below shows a sensory neurone connected to its associated receptor cells.

Which best describes the function of the structure labelled A?

A. Contains most cellular structures


B. Acts as an electrical insulator
C. Transmit impulses to the spinal cord
D. Transmit and recieve impulses to other neurones
(1 mark)

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2 The diagram below shows a sodium-potassium pump within the axon membrane of a neurone.

What is the role of active transport in the transmission of nerve impulses by neurones?

A. Establishes the resting potential needed for impulse transmission by pumping sodium ions
out of the axon and potassium ions into the axon.

B. Depolarisation of the axon by moving sodium ions across the membrane into neurone.
C. Establishes the resting potential needed for impulse transmission by moving sodium ions
into the axon and potassium ions out of the axon.

D. Initiates the action potential needed for the transmission of an impulse by pumping
calcium ions into the axon.
(1 mark)

3 Which line of the table represents a neurone at its resting potential?

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Concentration of ions inside Cell surface membrane Level of activity of
neurone permeability to Na⁺ Na⁺/K⁺ pump

Sodium Potassium (K⁺)


(Na⁺)

A high low high active

B high low low inactive

C low high high inactive

D low high low active

(1 mark)

4 Membrane channel proteins are essential for the normal functioning of nerves.

Which process in nerves does not require a membrane protein?

A. Active transport of sodium.


B. Depolarisation during an action potential.
C. Binding of neurotransmitters.
D. Diffusion of neurotransmitters.
(1 mark)

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Hard Questions
1 Study the diagram below.

Which of the following table rows correctly identifies I - VI?

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I II III IV V VI

A Acetylcholine Acetyl- Cholinergic Choline Acetyl Acetyl-CoA


cholinesterase receptor group

B Acetyl- Acetyl-CoA Acetylcholine Cholinergic Choline Acetyl group


cholinesterase receptor

C Acetylcholine Cholinergic Acetyl- Acetyl Choline Acetyl-CoA


receptor cholinesterase group

D Acetylcholine Cholinergic Acetyl-CoA Choline Acetyl Acetyl-


receptor group cholinesterase

(1 mark)

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