THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
SKIN AND CELLS
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
100
How fast do nerve signals travel?
320 km/h
100
Which organ in the digetsive system removes water from undigested food?
What is the large intestine
100
What part of the body carries blood away from the heart?
What is blood vessels
100
What is the main difference between animal and plant cells?
What is plant cells straight cell walls while animal cells are round for movement
100
What si the name of the pipe that connects your mouth and nose to your lungs?
What is the trachea
200
What function does the back fo the brain control?
What is eye sight
200
What is the name of the chemicals that help break down food?
What are enzymes
200
What part of the body carries blood back to the heart?
What is veins
200
Name the three parts of a cell.
What are the cell wall / membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus
200
What are alveoli?
They are small air sacs where oxygen is transfered from air to the blood
300
How long can nerve cells be?
They can grow to be one metre in length
300
Where does digestion take place?
What is the small intestine
300
What is the job of white blood cells?
What is to fight infections, immune system
300
What is the name of the outer layer of the skin?
What is the epidermis
300
What is the job of mucous?
What is to trap dust and dirt particles and prevent them from getting to the lungs
400
What does the brain look like?
it weighs roughly 1.5 kilograms and is made of a pink / grey jelly, it is soft
400
What is the name of the pipe that food travels down from the mouth to the stomach?
What is the esophagus
400
What is the major organ in the circulatory system?
What is heart
400
What is the name of the inner part of the skin?
What is the dermis
400
What are the bronchus tubes?
They are tubes that branch off from the trachea to the lungs
500
How much information can the brain hold?
What is 500 times more information than a set of encyclopedias
500
Where are the chemicals that are used to break down food in the small intestine made?
What is the liver
500
What part of the body carries oxygen throughout the body?
What is the red blood cells
500
Identify three ways our skin protects us.
What is sebum (oil) makes us waterproof, skin makes Vitamin D from sunlight and skin helps us regulate our temperature through swetaing when we are hot
500
What are bronchioles?
They are tubes that connect the bronchus tubes to the alveoli