Levels of Organization
Which level of organization represents the smallest unit of any living thing?
Cell
This is the organ that chemically and mechanically break food down and create chyme.
What is the stomach?
This organ is responsible for moving urine from the kidney to the bladder.
What is the ureter?
Organs responsible for the exchange of gasses.
What are the lungs?
This is the blood pumping muscle, also known as the seat of emotion in western society.
What is the heart?
Which level of organization is made up of more than one tissue?
Organ
These are responsible for the absorption of the food that has been broken down by the stomach.
What are the intestines?
This system works with the excretory system to expel CO2 gas.
The tube just past the larynx that sends air to the lungs.
This system works with the circulatory system to bring oxygen to all the cells in the body.
What is the respiratory system?
Which level of organization is made up of more than one organ system?
Organism
This organ produces bile which is then stored in the gall bladder.
What is the liver?
The organ responsible for removing waste from the blood that produces urine.
What is the kidney?
The tubes that branch off from the trachea.
What are the bronchi?
These carry blood away from the heart and out to the cells.
What are the arteries?
Daily Double
Which level of organization is made up of more than one cell?
Tissue
This System works with the digestive system to excrete waste out of the body.
What is the excretory system?
This organ stores urine until enough has been collected to pass out of the body.
What is the bladder?
This system works with the respiratory system to bring oxygen to all the cells in the body.
What is the circulatory system?
These carry blood back to the heart after traveling through the capillaries.
What are the veins?
Which level of organization is made up of more than one organ?
Organ System
The primary purpose of the digestive system includes two parts.
What are breaking down food and absorbing nutrients?
The primary purpose of the excretory system is to...
What is remove waste and pass it from the body?
The primary purpose of the respiratory system is to...
What is take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide?
The primary purpose of the circulatory system is to...