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6th grade Quarter 2 Health Assessment Review
Mrs. Giovagnoni
Fill in the blank
1. Which body system digests food so that the body can use the nutrients and water to
grow and repair cells?
_______________________________________________________
2. Which body system filters and cleans the blood to make urine and removes liquid
wastes?
___________________________________________________
3. Which body system takes in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide by inhaling and
exhaling? ________________________________________________________
4. Which body system enables the body to move?
____________________________________
5. Which body system gives the body support and shape, protects organs, and is
attached to muscles?
___________________________________________________________
6. The long muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach when you swallow is
called the: ____________________________________________________
7. Which is the main organ of the circulatory system that pumps blood through the
body? __________________________________________________________
8. The coiled tube about 20 feet long where nutrients are absorbed after digestion in the
stomach is the: _________________________________________________________
9. Digestion begins in the: ___________________________
10. How many chambers does the heart have? _________________________
11. The grape like clusters of air sacs inside the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide
are exchanged by osmosis with capillaries are called:
______________________________________________________
12. What are the 2 main organs of the respiratory system called? ____________________________________________________________________________
13. The large muscle under the lungs that goes up and down to control breathing and can
cause hiccups is called the:
_________________________________________________________
14. What are the bean shaped organs that act as a filtering system for the blood by
removing liquid waste called: _______________________________________________
15. The liquid part of the circulatory system that transports materials throughout the body
is the ________________.
16. The tube that goes from the bladder to the outside of the body to remove urine is
called: _____________________________________________________________
17. The balloon like organ that stores urine is called: _________________________
18. Give at least one example of an involuntary action?
_______________________________________________________________________
19. What involuntary muscle makes up the heart? ____________________________
20. Voluntary muscles that cover your bones and help you to move are called?
______________________________________________________________
21. Involuntary muscles that line our organs are called:
_______________________________________________________________________
22. How many bones are there in the adult human body? ________________________
23. What is the place where one bone meets another to allow movement?
________________________________________________
24. What is the center of the bone where blood cells are made called?
_________________________________________
25. The hip and shoulder are examples of what type of joint?
_______________________________________________________
26. What are the 3 parts of the nervous system?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
27. What organ controls all body functions?
___________________________________
28. What are the 3 parts of the brain?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
29. Which side of the brain controls logical thinking?
__________________________________
30. What is the flexible connective tissue that attaches muscles to bones?
___________________________________________________________________
31. The colored part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil is called the:
____________________________________________
32. The dark black spot in the center of the eye is actually a hole called the
__________________ that lets in light.
True or False?
33. When sound waves enter the auditory canal they make the eardrum vibrate.
_______________________________
34. The optic nerve transmits images from the eyes to the brain so we know what we
are seeing. ________________________________
35. The auditory nerve transmits sounds from the ears to the brain so we know what
we are hearing. ________________________________