Name that System
Levels of Organization
Which Organ?
Which tissue?
Which organelle?
100

This body system works by contracting and relaxing to create movement.

What is the muscular system?

100

This is the smallest unit that makes up all matter.

What is an atom?

100

This organ pumps about a 1500 to 2000 gallons of blood per day in adults.

What is the heart?

100

This is the name of the tissue that assists in movement.

What is muscle tissue?

100

This is the organ that provides an outer covering to the cell and regulates what comes in and out.

What is the plasma membrane or cell membrane?

200

This system supports and protects vital organs as well as working in coordination with the muscular system to provide movement.

What is the skeletal system?

200

This is any living thing.

What is an organism?

200

This organ brings in about 5 - 8 L of air per minute.

What is/are the lungs?

200

This tissue is the type of tissue that provides covering over the outside of organs and the outside of the body.

What is integumentary tissue?

200

This is the organelle that makes proteins.

What are ribosomes?

300

This system is responsible for adding oxygen to the blood and removing carbon dioxide and other wastes from the body.

What is the respiratory system?

300

This is the smallest unit of life that carries out life functions.

What is a cell?

300

This organ is vital for detoxifying poisonous substances.

What is the liver?

300

This type of tissue that transmits impulses to send messages.

What is nervous tissue?

300

This is the organelle that breaks down food into ATP, a type of energy cells can use.

What is the mitochondria?

400

This system detects and responds to sensory information by sending impulses throughout the body.

What is the nervous system?

400

This is a group of tissues that work together to perform a particular function.

What is an organ?

400

This organ stores bile that is used to help break down fat.

What is the gallbladder?

400
Blood, cartilage, bones, and adipose tissue are all types of this major type of tissue.

What is connective tissue?

400

This is the portion of the cell where DNA is stored.

What is the nucleus?

500

This system is very important for maintaining homeostasis by secreting hormones and includes the adrenal glands, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, and pancreas.

What is the endocrine system?

500

This is a group of similar cells that work together.

What is a tissue?

500

This organ is vital in order to help maintain the blood sugar by producing insulin.

What is the pancreas?

500

These are the four main types of tissues.

What are connective, epithelial, nervous, and muscular tissue?

500

This is the part of the cell where ribosomes are made.

What is the nucleolus?