Module 6: Body Systems

Which function of the skeletal system will help the lungs keep from getting damaged if you fall?

• movement

• protection

• storage

• support

Which of the following is NOT one of the five human senses?

• hearing

• reflex

• touch

• taste

Removal of waste products in the body is called ______.

• excretion

• respiration

• circulation

• transpiration

The ________________ system and the _________________ system work together to allow your body to move.

• muscular; skeletal

• nervous; circulatory

• endocrine; respiratory

• integumentary; digestive

All skeletal systems provide support to organisms, but only two types are hard. Which lists the two hard skeletons?

• exoskeletons and hydrostatic skeletons

• exoskeletons and endoskeletons

• endoskeletons and hydrostatic skeletons

• exoskeletons and shells

Your muscles use the food you eat as energy to contract.

• True

• False

The main function of the muscle is to .

• digest food

• move bones and body parts
• regulate body temperature

• support the body

Which type of digestion breaks down pieces of food into small molecules?

• mechanical digestion

• chemical digestion

• peristalsis digestion

• absorption digestion

The overall process of breaking down food so it can be used by the body is ___________________.

• Digestion

• Metabolism

• Photosynthesis

• Circulation

Plants have many cells that have specialized functions and work together to keep the plant alive. This means that plants are .

• vascular

• nonvascular

• unicellular

• multicellular