Organs & Body Systems
What is a body part that is made up of smaller parts that work together to do a certain job?
An organ
What do moths use their antennae for?
To sense chemicals in the air (like a nose)
What are organs that contract to produce movement in the body?
Muscles
What is an illness that makes it hard for a person to breath?
Asthma
What connects arteries and veins?
Capillaries
Which creature has no digestive system?
Tapeworm
What is a group of organs that work together to do one type of job?
an organ system
Where are a snail's eyes located?
On the ends of stalks.
What is the major function of the muscular system?
To produce movement in the body
What triggers asthma?
air pollution, smoke, allergies
What do spiders use to breathe?
Book lungs
Which creature spits out acids onto food and then sucks up the nutrients through a straw-like mouthpart?
Fly
Which organ processes information?
Brain
How do Venus' flytraps catch flies?
What acts like the bones and muscles in a plant?
Which system consists of the heart, vessels, and blood?
Circulatory system
What do fish use to breathe?
Gills
Where are female reproductive cells made?
Ovaries
Which system is made up of nerve cells?
Nervous system
Which system consists of skin, fingernails, toenails, and hair?
Integumentary system
What is the hard outer layer on some insects and crustaceans called?
Exoskeleton
What is a muscular organ that pumps blood throughout the body?
Heart
Which system consists of the esophagus, stomach, small intestines, and large intestines?
Digestive system
Where are male reproductive cells made?
Testes
What is the rope-like bundle of nerves that run along your backbone?
Spinal cord
What is the outer layer of our skin called?
Epidermis
How do sea stars move?
Using tube feet
What do white blood cells do?
Fights infections
What is the long tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach?
Esophagus
What do the reproductive cells join to make?
An embryo
What are the five senses?
sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch
What part of a tree acts like skin?
Bark
Which system brings in oxygen that the body needs and releases carbon dioxide?
Respiratory System
What do red blood cells do?
Carries oxygen throughout the body
What part of the digestive system absorbs nutrients?
Small intestine
What do spider plants grows at the end of some stems?
Plantlets
What part of the eye does light enter?
pupil
What is the largest organ?
Skin
What are the main organs of the respiratory system?
Lungs
What do platelets do?
Helps stop bleeding by sticking together and forming clots.
Which organs remove waste from the blood and help regulate salt levels in the blood?
Kidneys
What are the eggs of insects called?
Larvae
Which part of the body has tiny hairs that sense vibrations?
Ears
What are organs that support and protect the body?
Bones
What is the tube in the throat that takes in air?
Trachea
What is plasma for?
Carries nutrients and blood cells throughout the body
Where is urine stored?
Bladder
Which system makes special cells that produce new organisms?
Reproductive system
What do both the nose and the tongue sense?
Chemicals
What is a place where two or more bones meet?
Explain the course air takes after going through the trachea.
First it passes through the bronchi, then into branches called bronchioles, and at the end of each bronchiole, it enters sacs called alveoli which are in the lungs.
Which vessels move blood carrying oxygen away from the heart and to the rest of the body?
Arteries
How many sections does a cow's stomach have?
Four
Which system is responsible for removing waste from your body?
Excretory system
How do bats see?
The see with their ears using echolocation.
Which system are bones, ligaments, and cartilage all apart of?
Skeletal system
When having an asthma attack which part of the respiratory system becomes swollen, making it hard to breathe?
What moves blood carrying waste material back to the heart and lungs?
Veins
What are bird droppings made of?
Uric acid
Which system consists of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra?
Urinary system