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S6 Body Systems Module

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  • What type of digestion breaks down pieces of food into small molecules?
    chemical digestion
  • What is the function of the vascular tissue in plants?
    Transports water and nutrients. Supports the plant.
  • Name the two types of tissue in a plant?
    xylem and phloem
  • How many chambers does a human heart have?
    4
  • Where gas exchange takes place in the lungs?
    alveoli
  • What is an example of a ball and socket joint?
    shoulder or hip
  • Chemoreceptors on your tongue detect chemicals in food and drinks, these are called ________.
    taste buds
  • What two systems work together to help your body move?
    Skeletal and muscular systems
  • What is the part of your eye that shrinks or grows depending on the lighting?
    pupil
  • What does the circulatory system do?
    It transports nutrients, gases, wastes, and other substances through the body.
  • List the 5 senses.
    hearing, touch, taste, sight, smell
  • What does the nervous system do?
    Allows your body to receive, process, and react to information around you.
  • What body system gets rid of waste?
    excretory system
  • What type of tissue do plants have?
    vascular
  • The blood vessel that carries blood to the heart?
    Veins
  • Openings in a plant leaf that let in air
    stomata
  • The muscle beneath your lungs that helps move air into and out of your body.
    diaphragm
  • Bodily process of breaking down food so it can be used by the body is _____.
    digestion
  • Main function of the muscle is to _____________.
    move bones & body parts
  • Which blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
    arteries
  • What does the respiratory system do?
    Breathe in oxygen for the body to use and get rid of bodily waste, carbon dioxide.
  • The skeletal system ____________ the lungs from being damaged if you were to fall.
    protects
  • Your muscles use the food you eat as energy to contract. T/F
    True
  • What are the muscle contractions that move food through your esophagus to the rest of the digestive tract?
    peristalsis
  • What part of the body are kidneys, skin & lungs?
    excretory system
  • What are the two types of hard skeletons?
    Exoskeleton and endoskeleton
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