BMAT Section 2 Practice Questions

Advice & Insight From BMAT Specialists

2. Use the following words to complete the passage below. Each word can be used once, more than once or not at all:

Semilunar
Mitral
Tricuspid
Aortic
Right
Left
Water
Pulmonary artery
Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen
Pulmonary vein
Aorta
Nitrogen
Vena cava
Haemoglobin
Coronary artery

Deoxygenated blood from the body enters the……………………..side of the heart through the………………..The opening of the……………………valve allows the blood to pass from the atrium to the ventricle. The………………………..transports the deoxygenated blood to the lungs where it gains…………….…and loses………………………….The oxygenated blood is then transported by the…………………………to the………………….side of the heart. The………………………..then transports the oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body.

3. Balance the following equation:

4. A motorcyclist drives twice the perimeter of a circular arena of radius 200 metres in 4 minutes. What is the approximate average speed of the motorcycle?

a) 1.67 m/s
b) 10.5 m/s
c) 7.5 m/s
d) 5.25 m/s
e) 10 m/s

5. The following statements relate to protein synthesis:

1) Transcription takes place in the nucleus and produces a single strand of tRNA
2) Translation takes place in the cytoplasm and produces a single stranded sequence
3) RNA is single stranded, contains deoxyribose and uses uracil as a base instead of thymine

Which of the above statements are correct?

a) 1 and 2
b) Only 3
c) 2 and 3
d) Only 2
e) None of the statements
f) All of the statements