Cells And More

Question 1

A _____ is the smallest unit of a structure and function of a living thing

Answer 1

Cell

Question 2

An example of a cell is a

Answer 2

Skin cell

Question 3

A _____ is made of a group of similar cells working together

Answer 3

Tissue

Question 4

An example of a tissue is

Answer 4

Muscle tissue

Question 5

An ____ is made of different tissues working together to do a special job

Answer 5

Organ

Question 6

An example of an organ is a

Answer 6

Heart

Question 7

An ________ is made of many organs working together to do a special job

Answer 7

Organ system

Question 8

An example of an organ system is the

Answer 8

Digestive system

Question 9

An ____ is a living thing that carries out its own life activities

Answer 9

Organism

Question 10

The largest organ in the human body is the

Answer 10

Skin

Question 11

The tube that connects your mouth and your stomach

Answer 11

Esophagus

Question 12

Helps to break food into smaller pieces so your body can use it for energy and nutrition

Answer 12

Stomach

Question 13

Where nutrients are absorbed into the blood

Answer 13

Small intestine

Question 14

Gets waste from small intestine, liquids are absorbed here, waste stays for 10 - 12 hours

Answer 14

Large intestine

Question 15

Storage tank for bile that helps your body breaking down and use fats

Answer 15

Gallbladder

Question 16

Stores vitamins and sugars until your body needs them, factory for antibodies and bile

Answer 16

Liver

Question 17

Helps you digest food by breaking down sugars

Answer 17

Pancreas

Question 18

When chemicals in our body take large molecules and break them down into nutrients our body can send through the blood

Answer 18

Chemical digestion

Question 19

The physical breaking and cursing of food

Answer 19

Mechanical digestion

Question 20

____ starts to soften the food and break it down ready to swallow

Answer 20

Saliva

Question 21

The stomach produces __________ that break down the food down further and help to kill any bacteria you may have eaten

Answer 21

Gastric juices

Question 22

“The Chain”

Answer 22

Cell
Tissue
Organ
Organ System
Organism

Question 23

It covers the surface of the body inside and out

Example: _______

Answer 23

Epithelial tissue

Ex: skin and digestive lining

Question 24

Provides support for your body and connects all its parts

Example: _______

Answer 24

Connective tissue

Ex: bone tissue and fat tissue

Question 25

A body tissue that carries electrical messages back and forth between the brain and every other part of the body

Answer 25

Nervous tissue

Question 26

A body tissue that contracts or shortens, making body parts move

Answer 26

Muscular tissue

Question 27

Organ system that provides protection support for the body parts and allows movement

Example: _______

Answer 27

Skeletal system

Ex: bones cartilage ligaments

Question 28

With skeletal system enables movement of the body and internal organs; helps circulate blood and move food though the digestive system

Example: ________

Answer 28

Muscular system

Ex: skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle

Question 29

Transports O2 & nutrients

Example: ______

Answer 29

Circulatory system

Ex: heart and blood vessels

Question 30

Brings O2 to cells and removes CO2 from the body

Answer 30

Respiratory system

Question 31

Breaks down food, absorbs nutrients, removes food waste

Answer 31

Digestive system

Question 32

Controls body,s responses to change inside and outside environment

Example: ______

Answer 32

Nervous system

Ex: brain - spinal cord

Question 33

The _____ absorbs excess water from chyme so it can be used by the body

Answer 33

Large intestine

Question 34

Once food gets partially broken down in the stomach it becomes a thin watery liquid called

Answer 34

Chyme