Cell Biology
Which types of cells have larger vacuoles, plant or animal cells?
Plant Cells
This molecule makes up to 60% of the human body
Water
This substance mixes with food as you chew and makes swallowing easier.
Saliva
Which muscles allow us to breath?
diphragm
rib muscles
name the liquid that circulates through our bodies
Blood
The main function of a ribosome
To produce proteins
This type of molecule provides us with energy. Potatoes and pasta are sources of this molecule
Carbohydrate
The most acidic place in the human body
stomach
What are we trying to get out of the air we breathe?
Oxygen
Name the pump that moves this liquid through our bodies
Heart
The main function of the mitochondria
to use sugar to produce energy for the cell
This molecule makes up our muscle tissue. Meats and beans are good sources.
Proteins
This type of molecule breaks food down chemically as it passes through the digestive tract.
Enzymes
What are we trying to get rid of when we breathe?
Carbon Dioxide
What are the smallest vessels that blood can move through called?
capillaries
This is the name of the fluid that fills the cell.
Cytoplasm
This molecule provides long term energy as well as insulation for our bodies.
Fat and Oil
which part of the digestive tract absorbs most of the nutrients in your food.
a) mouth
b)stomach
c) small intestine
small intestine
the main organ of this system
the lungs
What are some of the substances that the blood transports
Various
These organelles are responsible for digesting cell products and recycling materials.
Lysosomes
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
Other than the tube that food passes through, name one other organ that helps our digestion
Liver
Pancreas
Gall bladder
Name the tube that carries air down our throats
Trachea
What is the difference between arteries and veins?
arteries carry blood away from the heart, veins carry blood towards the heart.