Organization
Body System Functions
Body System Parts
Behaviors
Traits
100

What is the smallest unit of life?

a cell

100

Which body system helps the body get oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide?

Respiratory

100

What organs are in the skeletal system?

Bones

100

My dog, Admiral, runs to the door when he hears car keys jingling. This is an example of what?

learned behavior

100

Which of the following is an acquired trait?

hair color

eye color

dimples

hair cut

hair cut
200

A cell is...

the smallest unit of life

200

Which body system provides shape, structure, and support for the body?

skeletal

200

Name the order food goes through in the digestive system.

Mouth - esophagus - stomach - small intestine - large intestine

200

Which of the following is most likely instinctive?

Koko the gorilla using sign language

Geese migrating south for the winter

Monkeys washing their food before eating it

Geese migrating

200

Which of the following is not inherited in plants?

texture of bark

hole in leaf

leaf shape

hole in leaf

300

A student wrote the organization of life like this:

cell - organ - tissue - organ system - organism

What was the student's mistake?

tissue/organ switched

300

Which body system breaks down food and takes in nutrients?

Digestive

300

Is hunting instinctual or learned?

kind of both, but more learned because they need to practice

300

A mother has freckles but the father does not. They have three children:

Bryan: freckles; Linda: no freckles; Max: no freckles

Why does only Bryan have freckles?

he inherited it from mom; the others inherited none from dad

400

What is the correct organization of life?

Word bank:

tissue    organ    cell  organism    organ system

cell - tissue - organ - organ system - organism

400

Which body system sends and receives messages?

nervous

400

Label instinctual or learned:

Food preference

Fish swimming

Bats sleeping upside down

Chimps using tools

L; I; I; L

400
How do you know if a trait is inherited?

born with it/parents have it

500

What type of tissue is in the heart?

cardiac muscle

500

Which body system transports blood, oxygen, and nutrients throughout the body?

Circulatory

500

How do you know if something is instinctual or learned?

if they are born knowing it, instinctual

if they need to be taught, learned

500

Mom: detached earlobes, no pierced ears

Dad: attached earlobes, no pierced ears

Child 1: detached earlobes, pierced ears

Child 2: attached earlobes, no pierced ears

Why are Child 1's ears different from their family's?

pierced ears are an acquired trait