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EQT Study Guide – 3rd Quarter
1. A collection of 2 or more tissues that work together to
perform a function is called ______________.
2. A person has about 200 different kinds of cells; each
specialized to do a particular job. How could you
explain the organization levels of this person?
3. Arrange in order from least to most complex: heart,
cardiac muscle, heart cell, circulatory system.
4. Explain the relation of an organ to a tissue.
5. Specialization in cells makes tissues, organs, and
systems ______________.
6. What is the simplest unit of life?
7. Is each level of organization more complex or less
complex than the one below it?
8. How are cartilage and bone related?
9. How are ligaments and tendons related?
10. What are functions of the skeletal system?
11. What do bones store?
17. Where are blood cells manufactured?
18. Which tissue in the skeletal system cushions the area
where 2 bones meet?
19. As blood flows to the heart from the toes and fingers,
it travels mainly through what tissue?
20. In which vessels are materials exchanged between the
blood and the body cells?
21. One of the main purposes of the circulatory system is
to take oxygen to all the cells in the body. Which of
the parts of blood makes this possible?
22. Redness and swelling may develop in an area near a
wound. This reaction means that white cells are being
carried to that area by which system?
23. The heart is made of muscle and has 4 chambers, 2 on
each side. The left side contains mostly what kind of
blood?
24. In the diagram, where does blood go when it leaves the
aorta (A)? When it leaves the pulmonary artery (H)?
12. Study the table below and select which are functions of
the skeletal system.
1 Store minerals
2 Produce blood cells
3 Protect soft organs
4 Excrete waste
25. What are the main functions of blood?
26. What are the vessels that carry blood away from the
heart? To the heart?
13. What protects your spinal cord?
27. What is the function of the heart?
14. What is the function of the scapula below?
28. What is the function of the white blood cells?
29. Which component of blood carries oxygen to the body
cells?
30. The birth of a baby indicates that a fertilized egg
developed in which of these structures?
15. What is the bone located at position X?
31. What is true of sexual reproduction that brings together
genes from 2 parents?
32. What happens to an egg if it is NOT fertilized by the
time it reaches the uterus?
16. What type of motion is associated with
33. Through which process is a mature egg released from the
ovary?
 Ball and socket joint
34. What cells unite in sexual reproduction?
 Gliding joint
35. What contains a network of blood vessels that provide
the embryo with oxygen and nutrients from the mother’s
blood?
 Hinge joint
 Pivot joint
36. What is the main function of the male reproductive
system?
37. What kind of cell is created when an egg’s nucleus joins
with a sperm’s nucleus?
38. Identify the muscle tissues.
56. Many particles, such as dust, are inhaled when you
breathe. What part of the respiratory system filters out these
particles?
57. Don placed his hand on top of a hot stove and very
quickly moved his hand. He was able to do this before his
brain received the information. What made this possible?
58. What is the function of the nerve tissue below?
59. What connects your body to the central nervous system?
39. How do pairs of skeletal muscles work together?
40. What are the 2 types of muscles?
60. What is a change or signal in the environment that makes
an organism react?
41. What is the main function of the biceps? The triceps?
61. What is the Central Nervous System (CNS) composed
of?
42. What type of muscle allows the heart to continuously
pump blood?
62. What is the thick column of nerve tissue that links the
brain to most of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system?
43. What would happen to a person if muscles did not work
in pairs?
63. Which statement best describes how the nervous system
helps a person react quickly after stepping on something
sharp?
44. When do muscles cause bones to move?
45. When walking across a room, what types of muscles are
mainly involved?
46. Which muscle type is attached to your bones for
movement and helps protect your inner organs?
64. Why are nerve cells essential to an animal?
65. When the nervous system makes you feel hungry or
thirsty, what body process is it helping to carry out?
66. Compare chemical digestion to mechanical digestion.
47. Which organ contains smooth muscle tissue?
67. Describe how food moves through the digestive tract.
48. Which type of human body tissue can contract, or
shorten?
68. The liver and pancreas are digestive helpers. Relate the
function of digestive helpers to the digestive system.
49. Food moves through the digestive tract by using which
type of muscles?
69. What function do the villi in the small intestine perform?
50. Because of the close arrangement of the capillaries and
alveoli, what is allowed to happen?
71. Where does most chemical digestion occur?
51. Identify the functions of A (epiglottis), C (trachea), and
E (diaphragm)
52. What are the 2 gases that are usually exchanged in the
lungs?
53. What is the entire process by which a body obtains and
uses oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide and water called?
54. What part of the respiratory system helps the rib cage
expand and contract which helps in the process of breathing?
55. Where in the respiratory system does gas exchange
occur?
70. What is breaking, crushing, and mashing of food called?
72. Which organ is not functioning properly if an individual
is unable to compact waste or reabsorb liquid from
undigested food?