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Body Systems Practice

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the basic building block of matter?

a)

Molecule

b)

Cell

c)

Atom

d)

Organ

2.

What is a group of cells that work together to perform a specific function?

a)

Organ

b)

Organ system

c)

Tissue

d)

Population

3.

What is a single individual or living thing?

a)

Organism

b)

Cell

c)

Population

d)

Organ

4.

What is the correct order for the levels of organization from SMALLEST to the largest?

a)

Cells, organs, tissues, organ systems, organisms, atom, molecule, population, organelle

b)

Organisms, organ systems, organs, tissues, cells, molecule, population, atom, organelle

c)

Organisms, cells, organ systems, tissues, organs, organelle, population, molecule, atom

d)

Atom, molecule, organelle, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms, population

5.

Which of the following is the function of the skeletal system?

a)

Muscles of the body that function to produce movement.

b)

Brings oxygen to the body and removes carbon dioxide.

c)

A framework of bones that support the body, protects the body, and anchors muscles.

d)

It is the body's communication system that controls much of what your body does.

6.

What are the main organs of the skeletal system?

a)

a. Bones and pelvis

b)

b. Heart and blood vessels

c)

c. Brain and spinal cord

d)

d. Bones and joints

7.

What major body part holds the skeleton together and supports body movement?

a)

Smooth muscle

b)

Joints

c)

Arteries

d)

Ligaments

8.

Which type of muscle connects to the skeleton to move parts of bones closer to each other?

a)

Smooth

b)

Cardiac

c)

Skeletal

9.

What system exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide with the external and your internal environment?

a)

Respiratory

b)

Muscular

c)

Skeletal

d)

Circulatory

10.

The respiratory system begins with the

a)

Lungs

b)

Nose/Mouth

c)

Trachea

d)

Pharynx (throat)

11.

The place in the lungs where the gas exchange takes place is the

a)

Bronchus

b)

Nose

c)

Diaphragm

d)

Alveoli

12.

Which body part is a part of both the digestive and respiratory systems because both food and air pass through here?

a)

Bronchus

b)

Lungs

c)

Pharynx (throat)

d)

Diaphragm

13.

Which body system receives and responds to information from inside and outside of the body; trying to maintain homeostasis?

a)

Respiratory

b)

Digestive

c)

Nervous

d)

Circulatory

14.

What connects the brain to the spinal cord and controls hunger/thirst/basic body functions?

a)

Brain

b)

Neurons

c)

Axon

d)

Brain Stem

15.

What do you call a nerve cell?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Neuron

c)

Glial

d)

Dendrite

16.

What do you call something from the outside that can make the body react or adjust what it is doing?

a)

Stimuli

b)

Neuron

c)

Reflex

d)

Axon