Simple Machines
A ramp is an example of this type of simple machine.
What is an inclined plane?
These devices are used to replace missing limbs.
What are prosthetics?
These are muscles you can control to move your body.
What are voluntary muscles / skeletal muscles?
The knee and elbow are examples of this type of joint.
What is a hinge joint?
A seesaw is this type of simple machine.
What is a lever?
There are seven types of biotechnology we talked about in class. Name any three of them.
What are medical, agricultural, industrial, marine, environmental, informational, and food?
These muscles work automatically, like in your stomach or intestines.
What are involuntary muscles / smooth muscles?
These structures hold bones together at a joint.
What are ligaments?
A pulley uses a rope and wheel to help do this.
What is lift / move objects?
Why might someone need a prosthetic?
what is severe injury, disease, or simply the normal wear and tear that comes with aging?
Skeletal muscles work in pairs. When one contracts, the opposite one does this.
What is relaxes?
This type of tissue cushions the ends of bones at joints.
What is cartilage?
A screw is a type of simple machine often used to hold things together. True or False?
What is True?
What is medical biotechnology?
These attach muscles to bones.
What are tendons?
These structures provide support and protect organs in the body.
What are bones / the skeletal system?
Levers are divided into three classes based on these three things.
What are fulcrum, load, and effort?
One scientist improves crops and another works on solutions to reduce pollution. Name the two types of biotechnology being used.
What are agricultural and environmental biotechnology?
Besides movement, the muscular system also helps with posture, stability, and this.
What is heat production?
The shoulder is an example of this type of joint that allows rotation in many directions
What is a ball-and-socket joint?