Staying Alive

​Body Systems. Why?

By Elise Commons

Body Systems

• Groups of organs that work together to do specific functions.

• Each body system has different functions.

Match

Match the terms with the correct definitions.

• Function

• Structure/form

• Process

The job something has

Shape or way something is built

How something happens

• The job something has

• Shape or way something is built

• How something happens

Open Ended

What is the main, over-arching goal of the human body?

Main goals of the body

If the species doesn't reproduce, it dies out. See goal one.

Reproduce

Literally nothing else matters if you aren't alive.

Stay alive

Multiple Select

What are the two main goals of any organism?

• Stay alive

• Win.

• Reproduce (make offspring)

• Monopolize available resources

Staying alive

Both a species and an individual

Each body system has functions (jobs) that keep the organism alive in the short & long term.

The importance of each function changes depending on the surroundings.

Multiple Choice

Imagine: you are in a jungle being chased by a jaguar. Which body function is more important?

• Digesting food

• Contracting muscles in your legs

• Remembering how many continents there are

• Using the bathroom

Multiple Choice

How many continents are there?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 7