Body Systems Jeopardy

Digestive System

100

These structures, also part of the skeletal system, crush that has entered the mouth.

What are the teeth?

200

Food travels down this long tube from the mouth to the stomach.

What is the esophagus?

300

The millions of tiny finger-shaped structures that cover the inner surface of the small intestine and provide a large surface area through which digested food is absorbed.

What are the villi?

400

Double Jeopardy: This chemical aids in digestion by speeding up chemical reactions.

What is an enzyme?

500

In humans, food is moved down the digestive tract by means of _______________.

What is peristalsis?

Respiratory System

100

These balloon like sacs that inflate and deflate, bringing air into and out of the body.

What are the lungs?

200

Small sacs in the lungs which allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to move between the lungs and blood stream.

What are aveoli?

300

This chemical is in the air we breathe and we need it to survive.

What is oxygen?

400

This chemical is exhaled by animals, but plants "breathe" it in and use it to produce oxygen.

What is carbon dioxide?

500

The biological process where organisms take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide.

What is Gas exchange?

Circulatory System

100

These disc shaped cells transport oxygen from the lungs to the other parts of the body.

What are red blood cells?

200

Double Jeopardy: These blood cells are a vital part of the body's immune system.

What are white blood cells?

300

The chamber in the heart that pushes blood out of the heart and to the other parts of the body.

What is the ventricle?

400

Why the heart beats faster during exercise?

What is to pump more oxygen-rich blood to the muscles?

500

These chambers bring blood into the heart from elsewhere in the body.

What are the atria (singular: Atrium)?