Animal Bodies as Systems

What type of tissue makes up most of the brain and spinal cord?

• muscle

• nervous

• epithelial

• connective

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What term best describes the entire group of parts that are labeled?

• Cell

• Tissue

• Organ

• Organ System

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Which two body systems work together to allow animal bodies to move?

• Nervous and Digestive

• Circulatory and Excretory

• Muscular and Skeletal

• Endocrine and Respiratory

Which of these is true of all animals?

• They are unicellular.

• They are producers.

• They reproduce asexually.

• They are multicellular.

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Most animals share many characteristics. They are multicellular, they reproduce sexually, they have specialized parts, and they can move. What is one other characteristic most animals share?

• They eat other organisms to gain energy.

• They have appendages like arms and legs.

• They breath oxygen through their mouth.

• They absorb energy from sunlight through photosynthesis.

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How are dermal tissues in plants and epithelial tissues in animals similar?

• They produce movement.

• They offer protection.

• They support parts of the organism.

• They function as a transportation system.

All animals must be able to take in information and react to their environmental conditions. What organs in humans work together to collect information about the external environment.

• Heart, lungs, blood

• Stomach, large intestine, small intestine

• Nerves, Spinal Cord, Brain

• Lungs, Diaphragm, trachea

Which shows the correct order of organization in animals from least specialized/greatest in number to most specialized/least in number?

• cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms

• organisms, organ systems, organs, tissues, cells

• organ systems, cells, organisms, organs, tissues

• insect, arachnid, amphibian, reptile, fish, bird, mammal