QUIZ CHAPTER 20-LIFE SCIENCE

The internal balance of living organisms is called:

The body systems that transport substances such as food, oxygen, nutrients, hormones, etc to the rest of the body is called:

• digestive system

• circulatory system

• excretory system

• immune system

TRUE OR FALSE- Your body's circulatory system contains about 4-5 liters of blood.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Select the proper name of the red blood cells.

• leukocytes

• plasma

• erythrocytes

• lymphocytes

The color used to illustrate the oxygenated blood is:

• red

• blue

The components of the blood that function in defense against invaders are the:

• red blood cells

• white blood cells

• plasma

• platelets

The type of blood vessel that carries blood without oxygen are called?

• arteries

• veins

• capillaries

• erythrocytes

An increase in the body's normal temperature of 37° is called:

An ________ is an overreaction of the immune system to a foreing substance that normally is not a pathogen.

• fever

• allergy

• mucus

• immunity

Select the organ of the excretory system that filter the blood:

• kidney

• urether

• bladder

• filter