Heart
What is the function of the heart?
To pump blood all over the body.
Lungs breathe in ___________ and breathe out _______________.
1st answer: Oxygen
2nd Answer: Carbon Dioxide
What is the process called in which bodies are preparing to become adults and become able to reproduce?
Puberty
Any living thing that lives off another is called a
Parasite
The heart and blood vessels are called the ________________ system.
What is the Circulatory System?
The number of heart beat that you can count in 1 minute is called
Your heart rate
The large tube that leads to the lungs is called...
What is a trachea or windpipe?
Give 2 examples of what happens to the body during the changes of puberty.
grow taller
more hair around the body
oily skin
boy's shoulders and chest get broader
girl's hips get wider
So that germs are not able to enter our bodies and make us sick
What is the red liquid that carries food and oxygen to all parts of the body
Blood
The smallest blood vessels in the body are called...
What are capillaries?
The lung, mouth, nose, windpipe are all together called the ____________ system.
The respiratory system
What is is called when an unfertilized egg is expelled form a girls body along with the lining of her uterus?
What is menstruation?
tears contain chemical to kill bacteria
mucus traps germs
skin barrier
stomach acid kills germs
What do we call a chemical change that can not go back to the way it was before
irreversible
The huge tubes that pump blood TO the heart are called...
What are Arteries?
What is the term for the number of times that you breathe in and out in 1 minute?
Your breathing rate
What is the chemical that causes the bodily changes resulting in puberty?
hormones
Name 3 things you can do to prevent getting sick sick from an insect bite
sleep under net
wear long clothes
keep doors and windows closed
wear insect repellent
burn mosquito coils
The one muscle that makes the lungs move is called...
What is a diaphragm?
What three items does blood deliver to the organs?
What are Oxygen, Minerals, and Nutrients?
What is the average number of times that you breathe in and out in a minute
16 times in minute
What is the typical age for girls and boys to start puberty? Give both numbers.
girls 11
boys 13
wash hands
wash vegetables
keep food covered/cold
keep toilet and kitchen clean
wash with hot soapy water
cover nose when you sneeze
The substance in a solution in which the solute dissolves; e.g. water
solvent