Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Human Body Systems

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are functions of the skeleton?
a)
Protection
b)
Blood cell production
c)
Movement
d)
All of these
2.

How many bones does an ADULT skeleton have?

a)

206

b)

200

3.

What two minerals are bones primarily made up of?

a)

Carbon and Nitrogen

b)

Calcium and Phosphorus

c)

Gold and Silver

4.
Cardiac muscle is only found where? 
a)
Lungs
b)
Heart
c)
Kidney's 
d)
Liver
5.
What are the 3 types of muscles?
a)
Cardiac, smooth and skeletal
b)
Cardiac, skeletal, prime
c)
Flexion, extension, smooth
d)
Skeletal, smooth, stringy
6.

The place where two or more bones meet

a)

Immovable joint

b)

Cartilage

c)

Joint

d)

Movable joint

7.

Organ that contracts and gets shorter

a)

Ligament

b)

Tendon

c)

Muscle

d)

Extensor

8.

The pigment that gives skin its color is called?

a)

Dermis

b)

Melanin

c)

Epidermis

d)

Sweat Gland

9.

Which system forms vitamin D in the presence of sunlight?

a)

Skin

b)

Muscles

c)

Skeleton

10.
The process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy.
a)
composition
b)
digestion
c)
deposition
d)
absorption
11.
a)
esophagus
b)
liver
c)
stomach
d)
pancreas
12.
a)
stomach
b)
pancreas
c)
large intestine
d)
small intestine
13.
The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...
a)
Mechanical Digestion
b)
Chemical Digestion
14.
Gastric juices in the stomach digest food into a thick liquid.  This is...
a)
Mechanical digestion
b)
Chemical digestion
15.
What is the definition for digestion?
a)
Breaking down food into smaller nutrients
b)
Getting rid of waste products
c)
Getting food into our bodies
d)
Getting nutrients into our bloodstream, so that our cells can use them
16.

This organ pumps blood through your body.

a)

heart

b)

artery

c)

vein

d)

capillaries

17.

These blood vessels take oxygenated blood to the body cells.

a)

heart

b)

artery

c)

vein

d)

capillary

18.

These blood vessels carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs.

a)

heart

b)

capillaries

c)

veins

d)

arteries

19.

The 3 main functions of the Circulatory System

a)

break down food, remove waste, make blood cells

b)

react to stimuli, grow, adapt

c)

deliver materials, remove waste, and fight infection

20.

What is the specific response targeting a specific pathogen?

a)

Immune response

b)

Antigen

c)

Memory T and B cells

d)

Antibodies

21.

What is it called when capillaries widen in the infected area?

a)

Lymphocyte

b)

Antigen

c)

Pathogen

d)

Inflammation

22.

What are the three parts of the nervous system?

a)

brain, spinal cord, neurons

b)

brain, lungs, spinal cord

c)

heart, brain, nerves

d)

brain, nerves, neurons

23.

What is the function of the nervous system?

a)

sensory inputs, process information, motor output

b)

to protect the body from harm.

c)

Sensory input and motor output

d)

Make decisions and process information