Organs

Question 1

What is a tissue ?

Answer 1

A group of cells that are all the same, all doing the same job.
E.g muscle tissue

Question 2

What is an organ ?

Answer 2

A group of tissues working together to do an important job.

E.g the heart is an organ and is made of muscle tissue and nerve tissue.

Question 3

Function of the brain ?

Answer 3

Controls the brain

Question 4

Function of skin

Answer 4

For protection and feeling

Question 5

Function of the heart

Answer 5

Pumps blood

Question 6

Function of the liver

Answer 6

Makes and destroys substances

Question 7

Function of large intestine

Answer 7

Removes water from unwanted food

Question 8

Function of lungs

Answer 8

For breathing

Question 9

Function of stomach

Answer 9

Breaks up food

Question 10

Function of the kidneys

Answer 10

Clean the blood and make urine

Question 11

Small intestine

Answer 11

Breaks up and absorbs food

Question 12

Function of stem

Answer 12

Carries substance (such as water ) around the plant and holds the leaves in place.

Question 13

Function of Leaf

Answer 13

Makes food by the process of photosynthesis

Question 14

Function of root

Answer 14

Takes water out of the soil and holds the plant in the ground

Question 15

What organs are in the breathing system

Answer 15

Windpipe ( trachea ), lungs

Question 16

Organs in the circulatory system

Answer 16

Heart, blood vessels

Question 17

Organs in the digestive system

Answer 17

Mouth, gullet, stomach, intestines

Question 18

Organs in the nervous system

Answer 18

Brain, spinal cord, nerves

Question 19

Job of the breathing system

Answer 19

Takes air into the body and gets rid of waste gases

Question 20

Job of the circulatory system

Answer 20

Carries oxygen and food around the body

Question 21

Job of the digestive system

Answer 21

Breaks down our food

Question 22

Job of the nervous system

Answer 22

Carries signals around the body

Question 23

what are the yellow parts of the heart

Answer 23

fat

Question 24

what are the red parts of the heart

Answer 24

muscle

Question 25

types of tissue in the heart

Answer 25

fat and muscle

Question 26

what does xylem tissue do

Answer 26

it carries water

Question 27

what must something do in order to live

Answer 27

move, reproduce, sense things, grow, respire, excrete, and need nutrition

Question 28

what is cell division

Answer 28

when one cell splits to make two

Question 29

what is the excretory system

Answer 29

a group of organs that removes poisonous substances from your body