CH12: The Body Beautiful

CH12: The Body Beautiful

Complete the following words for parts of the body

(Please type the word)

CALF

is the back portion of the lower leg in human anatomy. 

HEART

pumps blood throughout the body via the circulatory system, supplying oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and removing carbon dioxide and other wastes.

SKELETON

is the internal framework of the human body. It is composed of around 270 bones at birth – this total decreases to around 206 bones by adulthood after some bones get fused together.

How much do you know about the human body?

Do the quiz and find out!

Multiple Choice

Which is the largest organ in the human body?

• the heart

• the lungs

• the brain

• the skin

Multiple Choice

How many bones are there in the adult human body?

• 206

• 276

• 106

• 186

Multiple Choice

What is the total length of all the blood vessels in a child's body?

• about 23,000 km

• about 97,000 km

• about 36,000 km

• about 65,000 km

about 97,000 km

If all the blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries) were taken out of an average child and laid out in one line, the line would stretch around the Earth for nearly 2½ times!

Multiple Choice

How much does an adult human brain weigh on average?

• 1 kg

• 2 kg

• 1.3 kg

• 2.3 kg

Your Amazing Brain

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Poll

Were you able to read and understand the short text?

• Yes

• No

Read the article about the human brain in the textbook page 148-149. Then, copy and answer Exam Task in your exercise book (EXERCISE A).

Click NEXT after you have finished reading, copying and answering.

Multiple Choice

Why does the writer mention computers?

• to compare them to the human brain

• to show how fast they have become

• to say that computers have no abilities

• to say that computers need eyes and ears

Multiple Choice

We know that neurons

• send messages very slowly.

• are only found in your skin.

• deliver messages to your brain.

• need electricity to work.

Multiple Choice

When you have a new thought,

• your heart beats faster.

• the structure of your brain changes.

• you learn something new.

• you remember something.

Multiple Choice

What does the writer tell us about exercise?

• It can make you less intelligent.

• It needs a special chemical.

• Its effects are not well known.

• It can make you feel better.

Multiple Choice

What is the article generally about?

• All the steps that are involved when your brain learns things.

• What an incredible organ the human brain is.

• How the brain makes people smarter than computers.

• The things you can do to speed up your brain.

EXERCISE B (textbook page 149, E)

Find these words in the text and use them to complete the definitions below.

structure / mood / organs / sense / signals

Open Ended

Solve the brain teaser in two minutes!

A man went for a walk. After about an hour, he came to a deep, wide river. There was no bridge. He did not have a boat or raft, or any materials to make one. He could not swim. How did he get across the river?

Homework (Page 150)

Exercise A, B & C

Open Ended

What have you learned today?

Open Ended

Do you have any comment/question on today's lesson?

Poll

What are the problem(s) faced during today's lesson?

• No/Shared device

• No/Slow internet connection

• No problem

That's all. Thank you.

See you next week!