What element, common in milk, is important to growing healhty bones?
Calcium
What are the 5 main senses?
Sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell.
Name 4 organs
Thermal energy
This substance is both the startpoint of our bones and continues to make up our ears and noses.
Cartilage
What two senses are linked completely together? If you lose one, you lose the other.
Taste and Smell
What paired organ can be donated without harming the donor?
The kidney
Lateral lines on aquatic animals allow them to sense this energy
Pressure waves
Although largely considered to be part of the skeleton, these pieces are formed of mainly enamel and dentin.
Teeth
What body part controls our sense of balance?
The semicircular canals
What organ is able to completely regenerate itself?
The liver
Bees and some birds can sense this form of light that help guide them towards flowers
Ultraviolet
How many teeth in a typical, mature human
32 (when including wisdom teeth)
What are the three type of color cones in human eyes? (hint: they are not exactly the primary colors)
Red, blue, green
What is the heaviest organ?
The skin
Some fish can use muscle contractions to generate fields of this energy for detection and hunting
Electricity
How many bones in a fully mature human skeleton?
207
What is the sense that allows humans to keep track of their body parts without seeing them?
proprioception
How many times does an average human heart beat?
2.5 to 3 billion times
Elephants can use their feet to communicate thorought his type of sound
Ultrasound