Building Blocks
A Support System
Human Highway
The Hunger Games
Just Breathe
100
What is the part of the cell that acts as the "brain?"
The nucleus.
100
What are the two main functions of the skeletal system?
1. To support your body 2. To protect your internal organs
100
What do arteries do?
Arteries carry blood AWAY from your heart.
100
What is added to your food in the stomach?
Acid
100
Name four parts of the respiratory system.
Nose, mouth, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, air sacs, diaphragm, lungs
200
What is the main function of the cell membrane?
To hold the cell together, or act as the "skin."
200
What part of your body tells your muscles what to do?
Your brain
200
What are the four parts of blood?
Plasma, platelets, red blood cells, white blood cells
200
Where do nutrients enter your bloodstream?
The small intestine
200
What does your respiratory system deliver to the rest of your body?
Oxygen
300
I am a group of cells performing the same function. What am I?
Tissue
300
How do muscles help your skeletal system?
They pull on bones to make you move
300
How do veins and capillaries work together?
Capillaries CONNECT veins to arteries.
300
What is your respiratory system coated with?
Mucus
400
What type of cells are located in your brain?
Branching cells.
400
What is the opposite of a muscle relaxing?
A muscle contracting.
400
What are the four parts of your heart?
Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle.
400
Why does the esophagus contract?
To squeeze your food down into your stomach
400
Once oxygen gets to your lungs, how does it get to the rest of your body?
Through your blood
500
During the process of cellular respiration, what two things does the cell release as waste?
Carbon dioxide and water.
500
True or false: Bones are organs.
True
500
What is the main job of your heart? Where does it send blood in order to do this?
The main job of your heart is to put oxygen back in your blood. It sends blood to your lungs in order to do this.
500
Describe the journey of a muffin through the digestive system after it enters the stomach.
In the stomach, acid would be added to the food, making it into a paste. Then, it would go to the small intestine, where nutrients would be absorbed into the blood. Finally, it would go into the large intestine, which would take water out of the waste to make it more solid and then be squeezed out of the body as waste.
500
What system does the respiratory system work most closely with?
The circulatory system (heart).
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