6th Grade Science Vocabulary Quiz

What are red blood cells?

• Cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.

• Cells that help fight infections and protect the body from germs.

• Small cell fragments in the blood that help with clotting to stop bleeding.

• The liquid part of blood that carries cells, nutrients, and waste.

What are white blood cells?

• Cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.

• Cells that help fight infections and protect the body from germs.

• Small cell fragments in the blood that help with clotting to stop bleeding.

• The liquid part of blood that carries cells, nutrients, and waste.

What is a platelet?

• Cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.

• Cells that help fight infections and protect the body from germs.

• Small cell fragments in the blood that help with clotting to stop bleeding.

• The liquid part of blood that carries cells, nutrients, and waste.

What is plasma?

• Cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.

• Cells that help fight infections and protect the body from germs.

• Small cell fragments in the blood that help with clotting to stop bleeding.

• The liquid part of blood that carries cells, nutrients, and waste.

What is a nerve?

• A bundle of fibers that sends messages between the body and the brain.

• The basic unit of life found in all living things.

• A group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific function.

• A body part made up of different tissues that work together to perform a specific job.

What is a cell?

• A bundle of fibers that sends messages between the body and the brain.

• The basic unit of life found in all living things.

• A group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific function.

• A body part made up of different tissues that work together to perform a specific job.

What is tissue?

• A bundle of fibers that sends messages between the body and the brain.

• The basic unit of life found in all living things.

• A group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific function.

• A body part made up of different tissues that work together to perform a specific job.

What is an organ?

• A bundle of fibers that sends messages between the body and the brain.

• The basic unit of life found in all living things.

• A group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific function.

• A body part made up of different tissues that work together to perform a specific job.

What is mitosis?

• The process by which a cell divides to form two identical cells.

• Specialized structures inside a cell that perform different functions.

• The outer layer of a cell that controls what enters and leaves the cell.

• A molecule that contains the instructions an organism needs to develop, live, and reproduce.

What is an organelle?

• The process by which a cell divides to form two identical cells.

• Specialized structures inside a cell that perform different functions.

• The outer layer of a cell that controls what enters and leaves the cell.

• A molecule that contains the instructions an organism needs to develop, live, and reproduce.