Body Systems 1
Body Systems 2
Body Systems 3
Body Systems 4
Body Systems 5
100
The system that breaks down food for cells to use.....
Digestive system
100
Body system that captures oxygen from the atmosphere...
Respiratory system
100
The body system that makes blood cells is
Skeletal System
100
Your body's delivery system is
Circulatory System
It delivers oxygen and nutients to every part of your body and picks up waste products on the return trip.
100
What organ selectively filters your blood and puts the waste products into your urine?
kidneys
200
This organ of the circulatory system is composed of completely involuntary muscle tissue and without it we will die
Heart
200
This system contains the bladder
excretory
200
The basic building blocks of all living organisms.... (5 letters)
cells
200
Organ that absorbs water and nutrients from food and carries away waste
Intestines
Small intestine absorb nutrients from the digested food and large intestine (colon) socks up water and rids solid waste.
200
A waste gas that is transported in veins from the body to the lungs via the heart
carbon dioxide
300
These bones not only support your body but also protect your spinal cord
Vertebrae
300
What is this muscular bag that contains acid ( digestive juices) and breaks food down into a liquid called chyme. It can hold about a litre of food for adults and a bit less for a child.
Stomach
300
Why do babies have more bones than adults?
A baby's bones grow and then fuse (stick) together before adulthood.
300
Differences between arteries and veins
( Why are arteries coloued red and the veins blue? )
Arteries carry oxygen rich blood from heart to the rest of your body, and veins carry blood less oxygen back to the lungs.
Veins contain valves, arteries do not.
Arteries have a thicker wall than veins
300
List the main organs that make up the Respiratory System
nose, throat ( larynx), trachea, lungs, bronchi & diaphragm
400
List the 5 main organs that make up the Digestive System.
mouth, esophagus, stomach,small intestine, large intestine
400
The four main jobs of the Skeletal System are....
Support, Protect, Move, Create blood cells
400
These two systems work together to enable us to move
muscular and skeletal
(muscles and skeleton)
400
What part in the blood stop bleeding ( flow of blood) by sticking together to a wound and helping form a scab.
Platelets
400
Three ways to be heart smart and stay away from the problems including high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke
1.don't smoke
2.eat healthy
3.regular exercise
500
Food spends between 2-6 hours in this organ
Small intestine
500
If humans live to the age of 80, and their hearts beat an average of 70 times a minute, how many times will their hearts beat through a lifetime?
>2.9 billion times
80 years x 365.25 days x 24 hours x 60 minutes x 70 beats per minute
500
Bones are living organs. They are alive, growing and changing all the time. Three ways to make strong bones
1. regular exercise
2. calcium from food
3. vitamin D from food and sunshine
500
What is photosynthesis?
The process that the plant absorbs sunlight and uses the sun's energy to make food from the water and air.
500
The two organs ___________ and _________ make juices that help food break down even further ( smaller pieces)in the small intestine, so they can be absorbed by the body.
liver and pancreas