Microbiology
The Digestive System
The Excretory System
Nutrition
Healthy Body
100

All living things are comprised of these, the smallest unit of life:

Cells


100

The process where food is broken down and nutrients absorbed:

Digestion


100

This system includes organs involved with waste processing and removal through excretion:

Excretory System


100

The vital substances the body needs to live and grow obtained through digestion of food:

Nutrients


100

Where can you learn about the nutritional content of your food?

Nutritional Facts Label


200

Single-celled organisms (life form) that can cause disease or sickness:

Bacteria


200

This organ uses acid and rhythmic squeezing to further breakdown food:

Stomach


200

The three primary excretions are:

Sweat
Urine
Feces


200

This fluid chemical is fundamental to life and facilitates all chemical reactions:

Water

200

True or False: To be healthy, one must give up fats and sweets entirely.

False; less healthy foods can still be enjoyed in moderation.


300

The Dutch man who discovered bacteria using his own homemade microscope:

Anton van Leeuwenhoek


300

This organ creates chemicals like bile to help breakdown food and metabolize certain substances:

Liver


300

These twin organs located towards your lower back filter waste from the blood, creating urine:

Kidneys


300

The three primary organic (living) nutrients:

Carbohydrates
Fat
Proteins


300

7-8 year-olds require 10-11 hours of this each night:

Sleep


400

Name the four types of tissue:

Connective
Muscle
Nervous
Epithelial


400

These finger-like protrusions found in the small intestine do most of the absorbing of nutrients into the bloodstream:

Villi


400

This highly elastic organ stores urine until release:

Bladder


400

Name two essential non-organic (non-living) nutrients obtained through food:

Vitamins
Minerals


400

This activity keeps your body healthy, your weight in check, strengthens your heart and lungs, grows muscle, and helps fight disease.

Exercise


500

Fill in the blanks:

Multiple cells make _____
Multiple _____ make ______
Multiple _____ make ______
Multiple _____ make you!

Cells
Tissue
Organs
Systems
You!


500

Describe the path food takes through the body:

Mouth
Esophagus
Stomach
Small Intestine
Large Intestine


500

Identify three more systems besides the digestive and excretory systems:

Skeletal
Muscular
Circulatory
Respiratory
Nervous


500

Create a meal that contains all three essential nutrients:

Answers vary:


500

This is also important to keeping healthy and fighting bacteria through cleanliness:

Hygiene


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