Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 8 (ICSE) · Science
Chapter: Chapter 22 — Chapter 22: Endocrine System and Adolescence
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does the endocrine system consist of? [1]
(A) Glands that release hormones
(B) Only muscles
(C) Only bones
(D) Only nerves
2. What is an example of an endocrine gland? [1]
(A) The pituitary gland
(B) The heart
(C) The lungs
(D) The stomach
3. What are hormones? [1]
(A) Chemical messengers
(B) Physical structures only
(C) Types of food
(D) Types of bones
4. What do hormones regulate? [1]
(A) Growth, metabolism and mood
(B) Only digestion
(C) Only breathing
(D) Nothing important
5. What happens during adolescence? [1]
(A) Increased hormone production causing physical changes
(B) No changes occur
(C) Only mental changes, no physical
(D) Hormone production decreases
6. What hormone causes growth spurts? [1]
(A) Growth hormone
(B) Only digestive enzymes
(C) Only insulin
(D) No specific hormone
7. What else increases during adolescence? [1]
(A) Sex hormones
(B) Only digestive hormones
(C) No hormones increase
(D) Only decrease occurs
8. Why understand the endocrine system and adolescence? [1]
(A) To navigate and support this developmental period
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests
9. What does the endocrine system consist of? [1]
(A) Glands that release hormones
(B) Only muscles
(C) Only bones
(D) Only nerves
10. What is an example of an endocrine gland? [1]
(A) The pituitary gland
(B) The heart
(C) The lungs
(D) The stomach
11. What are hormones? [1]
(A) Chemical messengers
(B) Physical structures only
(C) Types of food
(D) Types of bones
12. What do hormones regulate? [1]
(A) Growth, metabolism and mood
(B) Only digestion
(C) Only breathing
(D) Nothing important
13. What happens during adolescence? [1]
(A) Increased hormone production causing physical changes
(B) No changes occur
(C) Only mental changes, no physical
(D) Hormone production decreases
14. What hormone causes growth spurts? [1]
(A) Growth hormone
(B) Only digestive enzymes
(C) Only insulin
(D) No specific hormone
15. What else increases during adolescence? [1]
(A) Sex hormones
(B) Only digestive hormones
(C) No hormones increase
(D) Only decrease occurs
16. Why understand the endocrine system and adolescence? [1]
(A) To navigate and support this developmental period
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests