Living Things
Animal
Feeding and Digestion
Breathing, Circulation, Excretion
Human Beings: Interaction
100
What microscopic units are all living things made of?
Cells
100
What is another word for “heterotrophs”?
Consumer
100
What substance do the glands in our mouth produce?
Saliva
100
What are the two phases of Breathing?
Inhalation and Exhalation
100
What are the organs of taste?
The taste buds on the tongue are the organs of taste.
200
What gasses do plants absorb from the air?
Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen
200
What do receptors detect?
Information (stimuli)
200
Name 4 of the 5 major nutrients contained in food.
Proteins, Carbohydrates, Fats, Minerals, and Vitamins
200
How do the Arteries transport blood? (What direction?)
From the heart to the organs
200
What are the three parts of the brain?
The cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brain stem.
300
How do plants breathe?
Plants take in oxygen from the air and excrete carbon dioxide.
300
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What four processes are involved in the nutrition function?
300
What organs are included in the digestive tract?
Mouth, the pharynx, the oesophagus, the stomach, the small intestine, and the large intestine.
300
What is the name for the human body’s expulsion of residues? How are these residues expelled from the body?
Excretion is the expulsion of residues. We expel them in urine, through the excretory system and in sweat through the sweat glands.
300
What are the two parts of our nervous system and what organs make up these systems?
The central nervous system, formed of two organs: the brain and the spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system formed of nerves.
400
What is a system in a multicellular organism?
A system is a group of organs, each one of which performs a task within a more complex function.
400
What do our sense organs detect (eyes, taste and smell, ears, and skin)?
Eyes detect light. Taste and smell detect substances. The ears detect sound vibrations. In the skin there are receptors which detects pressure, heat, etc.
400
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Classify the following foods under these categories (Carbohydrates and Fats, Vitamins and Minerals, Proteins, Mixed) Chocolate, Potato, Fish, Strawberries, Bread, Tomato, Butter, Chicken, Chestnuts, Grapes, Oranges, Milk, Olive Oil, Yogurt, Pasta, Lentils, Raisins
400
What are the most important functions of blood?
Blood transports nutrients and oxygen to the cells and take away the residues to where they are eliminated. Blood defends our body from infections.
400
What are the three types of joints in the human body? Briefly describe the difference between these three.
Fixed, the connected bones cannot move. Semi-mobile, the connected bones can move a little bit. Mobile, the joined bones can move freely.
500
What are the three vital functions necessary for all living things?
Nutrition (we take things from our surroundings which we use in our bodies to obtain energy and grow) Interaction (we sense changes around us and react to those changes) Reproduction (we produce new living things similar to ourselves)
500
What do muscles do? What structures do they move in animals?
Muscles contract when they receive information from the nervous system. They move the structures that animals use to move: feet, wings, fins, tentacles, etc.
500
Associate each phase of digestion with the part of the digestive system where it takes place: A) Chyme is formed. B) Faeces is formed. C) The capillaries absorb the nutrients D) The food is masticated
A) In the stomach, gastric juices mix with the bolus of food to form chyme B) In the large intestine, water is extracted from residues, which form faeces. C) In the small intestine, the walls of the intestine contain veins and capillaries which absorb the nutrients. D) In the mouth, the teeth cut and masticate the food.
500
Describe how the excretory system works. (What major organs are involved?)
The kidneys are organs that filter the blood. They extract toxic substances and form urine. The urinary tract is the tube through which urine flows out of our bodies. It includes the ureters, the bladder and the urethra.
500
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Describe how a human eye works.
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