Skin

What is your body’s largest organ?

• Heart

• Large intestine

• Skin

• Brain

The skin does all of these except:

• Protects our bodies

• Helps keep our bodies at just the right temperature

• Helps the body absorb sugary food

• Allows us to have the sense of touch

What is the outermost layer of skin?

• Dermis

• Epidermis

• Blubber

• Subcutaneous layer

What gives skin its color?

• The dermis

• Blood vessles

• Dye

• Melanin

Each hair on your body grows out of a tiny tube in the skin called

• a follicle

• straw

• pore

• sweat gland

What tells your brain how things feel when you touch them?

• the dermis

• hair

• nerve ending

• pores

blood vessels bring_________________to the skin?

• sweat

• oxygen and nutrients

• carbon dioxide

• food

What is your skin’s natural oil called?

• Sweat

• melanin

• sebum

• vegetable oil

To protect your skin from sun damage, use:

• a brimmed hat

• sunscreen

• lip balm with sunscreen

• all of the above

Why do you get goosebumps when you’re cold?

• gosling reflex

• pilomotor reflex

• patellar reflex

• gag reflex