Respiratory System
What part of your body fills up with air like a balloon every time you breathe?
Lungs
______ blood cells help protect our body from disease germs.
White
What organ is your body's control center and about the size of your 2 fists put together?
Brain
Where does food enter the body?
Mouth
How many continents are there?
7
What do we get from the air that keeps us alive?
Oxygen
What organ is at the center of the circulatory system and pumps blood all day and night?
Heart
What are the 5 senses?
Seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling
Name 2 parts of the digestive system.
Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
What is the only land animal that can not jump?
Elephant
What is one thing that makes your lungs STRONGER and one thing that HARMS your lungs?
Exercise makes our lungs STRONGER.
Smoking HARMS our lungs.
What is the job of the circulatory system?
Pump blood throughout our body
What is one thing that keeps our brain healthy?
-Sleep
-Exercise
-Learning/doing hard things
What is the name of the liquid in our mouths that starts digestion?
Saliva/Spit
What is Superman's weakness?
Kryptonite
Name 3 parts of the respiratory system.
Lungs, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, mouth, nose
How many chambers does the heart have?
4
What are 2 parts of the nervous system?
Brain, spinal cord, nerves, brain stem
Which one is LONGER: the small intestine or the large intestine?
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
What is the fancy word for the air sacs in our lungs that take the oxygen from the air we breathe and send it into our bloodstream?
Alveoli
What connects to the heart and work like pipelines all throughout the body?
Blood Vessels - veins, arteries and capillaries
At what age is your brain done growing and developing?
25
Where are nutrients absorbed from the food we eat and sent into the blood stream?
Small intestine
What are the names of all the schools in Rocky Hill?
West Hill, Moser, Griswold, Stevens, Rocky Hill High School