Human Body and Plants

Tim goes to the doctor and is diagnosed with the common cold. His doctor explains that Tim’s body system will be waging a war to fight off the infection. One major system will produce the white blood cells need by the other major system to fight off the infection. Which two major body systems are working together to fight off Tim’s cold?

• Digestive System

• Immune System

• Excretory System

• Skeletal System

Food gives the body energy, which helps the body maintain homeostasis. In the morning, an athlete eats a nutritious breakfast to get energy to exercise. What are the main organ system involved in the process of food from the athlete’s breakfast being broken down into nutrients and the delivered to the cells?

• Digestive System

• Nervous System

• Circulatory System

• Skeletal System

This system is responsible for the transport of materials to and from the cells:

• Circulatory System

• Nervous

• Skeletal

• Excretory

Which of the following is the correct ranking of organizational hierarchy of organisms from simplest to most complex?

• cell, organisms, organ, tissue, organ system

• organ, Organisms, organ system, cell, tissue

• cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms

• Organ, Cell, organisms, organ system, tissue

Steven’s mom notices the he keeps getting reoccurring rashes. She takes him to the doctor who diagnoses Steven with Eczema. Their doctor explains that Eczema symptoms include itchy, red, and dry skin caused by inflammation. Which body system is Eczema a dysfunction of?

• Respiratory System

• Digestive System

• Integumentary System

• Endocrine System

Which two body systems most directly cause the arm to bend?

• Skeletal and digestive

• Skeletal and muscular

• Muscular and Immune

• Muscular and Endocrine

The tubes and support that transport water

and nutrients up, down and around in plants

• Vascular System

• Shoot System

• Root System

• Reproductive System

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Vascular tissue (tubes) responsible for the transportation of water and minerals up from the roots and around the plant.

• Stomata

• Transpiration

• Phloem

• Xylem

Vascular tissue (tubes) responsible for the transportation of glucose down and around in a plant.

• Transpiration

• Xylem

• Phloem

• Root Hairs

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Pores under leaves

that allow for transpiration

and gas exchange

• Xylem

• Stomata

• Phloem

• Transpiration

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