Molecules
Body Systems
Vocabulary
Conditions
100

a group of atoms joined together in a particular way

What is a molecule?

100

the body system that takes in food and breaks it down

What is the digestive system?

100

the ability to make things move or change

What is energy?

100

a condition in which a body does not have enough red blood cells

What is anemia?

200

a molecule that organisms get from the air or water around them and use to release energy

What is oxygen?

200

the body system that takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide

What is the respiratory system?

200

the body's use of molecules for energy and growth

What is metabolism?

200

a respiratory condition in which the tubes in the lungs swell making it hard to breathe

What is asthma?

300
made of many glucose molecules connected together

What is starch?

300

the body system that transports molecules to and from all cells of the body

What is the circulatory system?

300

a molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms

What is carbon dioxide?

300

a condition in which not enough enzymes are produced for the digestive system

What is an injured pancreas?

400

molecules that are the building blocks of protein

What are amino acids?

400

a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

What is a system?

400

the main organ in the circulatory system

What is the heart?

400

a serious condition where your blood glucose level is too high

What is diabetes?

500

made up of amino acid subunits joined together

What is protein?

500
what happens when the circulatory system breaks down

What is system failure?

500

the chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases energy into cells

What is cellular respiration?

500

not having enough insulin to help the cells absorb glucose

What is diabetes?

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