Human Nutrition,Breathing,Homeostasis,Excretory

Question 1

Herbivore

Answer 1

Animals that feed on plants only

Question 2

Carnivores

Answer 2

Animals that feed on other animals only

Question 3

Omnivores

Answer 3

Animals that feed on plants and animals

Question 4

Digestion

Answer 4

The physical and chemical breakdown of food

Question 5

Peristalsis

Answer 5

A wave of muscular action in the walls of the alimentary canal that moves the contents along

Question 6

Homeostasis

Answer 6

The maintenance of a constant internal environment within an organism

Question 7

Inhalation

Answer 7

Means we breathe in

Question 8

Exhalation

Answer 8

Breathing out

Question 9

Ectotherms

Answer 9

Gain or lose heat from their external environment

Question 10

Endotherms

Answer 10

Generate their own heat from metabolic reactions

Question 11

Excretion

Answer 11

The removal of waste products of metabolism from the body

Question 12

Filtration

Answer 12

Means that water and small molecules pass under high pressure from the blood into the nephron

Question 13

Reabsorption

Answer 13

Means that molecules pass from the nephron back into the blood

Question 14

Secretion

Answer 14

Means that some materials pass from the blood into the nephron