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Pupil sheet · Hormones

Glands and their hormones — questions

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Try every question before you use a nudge. Write in full sentences where you are asked to explain.

1. identify

Match each gland to the hormone it secretes.

Write the number of the matching option.

  1. oestrogen
  2. testosterone
  3. insulin
  4. adrenaline
  • adrenal glands: ______
  • pancreas: ______
  • testes: ______
  • ovaries: ______

Nudge (only if you are stuck): Start with the pair whose names look alike.

2. identify

Which row gives the correct position of each gland in the body?

RowAdrenal glandsPancreasOvaries
Abetween the two kidneysunder the stomachone each side of the uterus
Bon the upper end of each kidneyinside the liverone each side of the uterus
Con the upper end of each kidneyunder the stomachone each side of the uterus
Don the upper end of each kidneyunder the stomachin a sac below the abdomen

Circle one answer.

  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D

Nudge (only if you are stuck): Check one gland at a time, then cross out every row with a mistake.

3. identify

A doctor takes a blood sample from the vein leaving each of four organs. Which sample is likely to contain the highest concentration of insulin?

Circle one answer.

  • The vein leaving the pancreas.
  • The vein leaving the adrenal glands.
  • The vein leaving the kidneys.
  • The vein leaving the liver.

Nudge (only if you are stuck): A hormone passes into the blood flowing through the gland that makes it.

4. identify / state

The diagram shows four endocrine glands, labelled W, X, Y and Z. Identify the gland labelled X and state the hormone it secretes.

The four endocrine glands drawn for a question, all in one grey colour. On a body seen from the front, letter W points to a gland on top of a kidney and letter X to a gland between the kidneys, behind and below the stomach. In separate circles, letter Y points to a pair of glands either side of a uterus, and letter Z to a pair of oval glands in a sac.

Gland X

Hormone

Nudge (only if you are stuck): Which organ is the gland touching or next to?

5. identify

The diagram shows four endocrine glands, labelled W, X, Y and Z. Identify the glands labelled Y and the hormone they secrete.

The four endocrine glands drawn for a question, all in one grey colour. On a body seen from the front, letter W points to a gland on top of a kidney and letter X to a gland between the kidneys, behind and below the stomach. In separate circles, letter Y points to a pair of glands either side of a uterus, and letter Z to a pair of oval glands in a sac.

Circle one answer.

  • Testes – testosterone.
  • Uterus – oestrogen.
  • Ovaries – testosterone.
  • Ovaries – oestrogen.

Nudge (only if you are stuck): Which organ is the gland touching or next to?

6. identify

A woman has an operation to remove both of her ovaries. Her doctor may give her a hormone to replace the one her ovaries made. Which hormone?

Circle one answer.

  • Oestrogen.
  • Adrenaline.
  • Testosterone.
  • Insulin.

Nudge (only if you are stuck): Which hormone in the syllabus do the ovaries secrete?

7. identify

The diagram shows four endocrine glands, labelled W, X, Y and Z. During a fright, a hormone makes the pupils of the eyes wider. Which label points to the gland that secretes this hormone?

The four endocrine glands drawn for a question, all in one grey colour. On a body seen from the front, letter W points to a gland on top of a kidney and letter X to a gland between the kidneys, behind and below the stomach. In separate circles, letter Y points to a pair of glands either side of a uterus, and letter Z to a pair of oval glands in a sac.

Circle one answer.

  • W.
  • Z.
  • Y.
  • X.

Nudge (only if you are stuck): Start from the hormone, not from the diagram.

8. identify

Supplement: which gland secretes glucagon?

Circle one answer.

  • The adrenal glands.
  • The small intestine.
  • The pancreas.
  • The liver.

Nudge (only if you are stuck): Which gland in this part secretes more than one hormone?

9. identify

Supplement: a scan shows a growth in a person's pancreas. Blood tests show that the growth makes far too much of a hormone, but not insulin. Which substance is it most likely to be?

Circle one answer.

  • Glycogen.
  • Glucagon.
  • Adrenaline.
  • Glucose.

Nudge (only if you are stuck): Which hormones in the syllabus does the pancreas secrete?

10. identify / state

The picture shows a model of some organs from the lower abdomen. Identify the organ in the middle and the pair of small oval glands, and state the hormone that these glands secrete.

A painted picture of a model on a stand: a hollow, pear-shaped organ in the middle, with a thin tube curving out from each upper corner. Beside the end of each tube is a small, pale, oval gland, joined to the middle organ by a short cord.

Organ in the middle

Small oval glands

Hormone

Nudge (only if you are stuck): Name the organ in the middle first; then ask which glands sit beside it.

11. predict

A boy's testes do not develop properly. Which hormone is his body likely to make too little of?

Circle one answer.

  • Insulin.
  • Oestrogen.
  • Testosterone.
  • Adrenaline.

Nudge (only if you are stuck): Which hormone do the testes secrete?

12. identify

Supplement: a person has an operation that removes most of the pancreas. Which two hormones in the syllabus will their body make less of? Choose two.

Tick every correct statement.

  • Adrenaline.
  • Glycogen.
  • Insulin.
  • Glucagon.

Nudge (only if you are stuck): List every hormone in the syllabus that comes from the gland that was removed.