Body Systems Quiz 1

All living things are made up of structural units called

• DNA

• Cells

• Blood

• Seeds

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When you breathe, your lungs take in ___ and remove ___. 

• air/oxygen
• oxygen/carbon dioxide 
• carbon dioxide/waste 
• waste/air 

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What is the function of the dome-shaped diaphragm muscle?

• The diaphragm is where oxygen dissolves into the blood stream.

• The diaphragm is where air passes through on the way to the lungs.

• The diaphragm attaches to the lungs and contracts and relaxes to help in breathing.

• The diaphragm expands to allow food into the stomach.

These air sacs in the lungs are covered with capillaries. It is the location where gas exchange takes place in which oxygen leaves the lungs and enters the blood stream.

• ravioli

• diaphragm

• nasal passage

• alveoli

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A group of tissues that perform a similar function is called__________.

(Examples include the heart, lungs or stomach)

• cells

• tissues

• organs

• organ system

What is not a basic characteristic of life?

• Responding to the Environment / Stimuli

• Growth and Development

• Hunting other organisms for survival and territory

• Ability to Reproduce

All living things obtain and use energy to survive.

• True

• False

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Which of the following is NOT an organ?

• Skin

• Lungs

• Mitochondria

• Brain

What is the term for a group of similar cells working together?

• organ

• organelle

• tissue

• organism

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Which of the following is the correct order of organization in living things from most basic (simple) to most complex?

• a.  Organism, cell, tissue, organ, organ system
• a.  Organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organism
• a.  Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
• a.  Cell, organ, tissue, organ, organism, organ system

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