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WorksheetsBody Systems CBA Review
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
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1.
If you were to get an irritant (such as pollen) in your nose, how would the body typically react?
a)
Destroy toxins contained in the pollen.
b)
Force the pollen out of the body by sneezing.
c)
Kill the bacteria that live on pollen.
d)
Nothing, as pollen is good for the body
2.
There are chemical and physical (mechanical) changes that take place during digestion. Which of the following is an example of a physical/mechanical change?
a)
Saliva breaking down food
b)
Chewing food with the teeth
c)
Stomach acid breaking down carbs
d)
Pancreas enzymes breaking down fats
3.
What is homeostasis?
a)
The process of moving food through the digestive system.
b)
A part of the central nervous system.
c)
A person with very bad breath.
d)
The way the body maintains a stable internal environment.
4.
Why do we develop a fever when we have a bacterial infection?
a)
The body wants a faster heartrate
b)
Rising temperatures increase your blood sugar levels to destroy the bacteria
c)
Rising temperatures slow down the reproduction of the bacteria cells
d)
It lowers our breathing rate
5.
Which of the following is an example of how our body would respond to a stimulus?
a)
Pupil contracting when a bright light shines on it.
b)
Pupil dilating in the dark to try to find more light.
c)
Goosebumps developing when you are cold.
d)
All of these
6.
We have many body systems that work together to do things. Which two systems are primarily responsible for allowing us to run, jump and skip?
a)
Digestive and respiratory
b)
Endocrine and immune
c)
Muscular and integumentary
d)
Skeletal and muscular
7.
Nutrients from food, as well as nutrients from the air we breathe, are all transported around the body to where they are needed. Which two systems are responsible for this transportation?
a)
Muscular and circulatory
b)
Skeletal and reproductive
c)
Digestive and circulatory
d)
Digestive and endocrine
8.
What is the main function of a nerve cell?
a)
To carry messages throughout the body
b)
To transport waste
c)
To break down food
d)
To deliver nutrients to cells
9.
This system produces new blood cells, protects our internal organs, and provides structure and support. Which system is this?
a)
Endocrine
b)
Skeletal
c)
Respiratory
d)
Integumentary
10.
If you contracted a virus that made it hard to breath and difficult to digest food, which two body systems would be affected the most?
a)
Circulatory and digestive
b)
Respiratory and skeletal
c)
Digestive and respiratory
d)
Circulatory and immune
11.
What function do both the endocrine and reproductive systems share?
a)
They store body waste
b)
They transport nutrients
c)
The produce hormones
d)
They help the body move
12.
Food has energy. When we eat food, that energy can get transferred into heat to help maintain our desired body temperature. What type of energy change takes place?
a)
Kinetic (movement) to chemical energy
b)
Thermal (heat) to chemical energy
c)
Kinetic to thermal
d)
Chemical to thermal energy
13.
If you are laying on your back and raise your legs into the air, what allows your blood to move "upwards" to overcome the force of gravity (which pulls everything towards the center of the Earth)?
a)
The force of gravity must be stronger than the force from the heart
b)
The force from the heart must be stronger than the force of gravity
c)
Your blood needs to be really thick in order to move upwards
d)
The blood won't move upwards and eventually your legs will become numb and you will die
14.
If you were standing outside in shorts and a t-shirt in freezing weather, which of the following processes would describe how your body would respond?
a)
The brain sends a message to the skin. The muscles in the skill contract, or shiver. Shivering warms the body.
b)
Sensory neurons in the skin sends a message to the brain. The brain sends the skin a response telling it to shiver. Shivering warms the body.
c)
The skin starts shivering. The shivers send messages to the brain. The brain sends a response to stop shivering when you warm up.
d)
The muscles in the skin expand, which sends a message to the brain that you feel cold. The brain sends a message to the skin to shiver.
15.
Which body system gets rid of waste from the blood, as well as excess water in the body?
a)
Endocrine
b)
Digestive
c)
Integumentary
d)
Excretory
16.
When we breathe, oxygen enters the lungs and moves into the alveoli. It then enters the bloodstream through tiny capillaries in the alveoli where the oxygen attaches to hemoglobin in the blood and is moved around the body. Which two body systems are involved in this process?
a)
Circulatory and digestive
b)
Respiratory and immune
c)
Nervous and endocrine
d)
Respiratory and circulatory
17.
You sit in a dark room for 10 minutes. Someone comes in and turns on the bright lights. Why do you squint?
a)
Your pupils were dilated in search of light and were over stimulated when the lights came on
b)
Your pupils were contracted in search of light and were over stimulated when the lights came on
c)
Your body gets nervous in the dark and uses "fight or flight" instincts when the lights come on
d)
Neurons in the eyes react to the bright light
18.
Your body likes to maintain a stable internal environment (homeostasis). When we eat, food goes down our esophagus to our stomach. If it accidentally goes down our trachea (which leads to our lungs), what would the body do in response to this?
a)
Develop a fever
b)
Start sneezing
c)
Choke and cough
d)
Dilate the pupils
19.
What is peristalsis?
a)
Maintaining a stable internal environment in the body.
b)
How the smooth muscles move food through the digestive system.
c)
How the immune system creates white blood cells to fight pathogens
d)
When the kidneys help clean the blood of waste
20.
Where are new blood cells created?
a)
In the heart
b)
In arteries and veins
c)
In bone marrow in long bones
d)
In the pancreas
21.
Which body system is responsible for creating new life?
a)
Integumentary
b)
Reproductive
c)
Excretory
d)
Immune
22.
Which body system directs all body functions?
a)
Respiratory system
b)
Digestive system
c)
Skeletal system
d)
Nervous system
23.
Which system fights off diseases?
a)
Immune
b)
Integumentary
c)
Endocrine
d)
Circulatory
24.
You eat some rotten food that is full of bacteria. How does the body respond in order to maintain a happy, healthy body (homeostasis)?
a)
Exhales
b)
Sneezes
c)
Vomits
d)
Sweats
25.
Which of the following is NOT a type of muscle?
a)
Smooth
b)
Cardiac
c)
Skeletal
d)
Pancreal
26.
What kind of blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?
a)
Arteries
b)
Veins
c)
Capillaries
d)
They all do
27.
Which of the following parts of blood is responsible for forming a clot when we get a cut on our skin so that we don't bleed to death?
a)
Plasma
b)
White blood cells
c)
Platelets
d)
Red blood cells
28.
What body part moves over the trachea when we swallow food so that food is directed towards the esophagus instead?
a)
Epiglottis
b)
Pancreas
c)
Larynx
d)
Bile
29.
What is respiration?
a)
Taking in oxygen and releasing nitrogen
b)
Taking in carbon dioxide and releasing helium
c)
Taking in carbon monoxide and releasing oxygen
d)
Taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide
30.
Which of the following words does not relate to the nervous system?
a)
Central
b)
Neuron
c)
Peripheral
d)
Smooth
31.
Which gland in the endocrine system produces hormones that help regulate metabolism in the body?
a)
Thyroid
b)
Pancreas
c)
Pituitary
d)
Hypothalamus
32.
Which body system includes the hair, skin and finger/toenails?
a)
Immune
b)
Integumentary
c)
Circulatory
d)
Skeletal
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