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Name _____________________________________________________________ Period ____ Cells “R” Us
Use the “Body Organization” and “Body Systems” articles to help you complete the following activities.
Directions: The drawings below show how WE are made of CELLS. Match the correct word from the
WORD LIST below to the drawings 1-5.
Word List:
Organism
Tissue
Organ System
Cell
Organ
Now answer the following questions based on the articles you have read about body organization.
6. __________________________ is the smallest unit of structure and function in a living thing.
7. A tissue is made of a group of similar ______________________ with a common job.
8. An organ is made of different ____________________ working together to do a specific function.
9. An organ system is made of many ___________________ working together to do a special job.
10. Any independently living thing is a/an ___________________________.
11. Which organ system is the most complex and fragile?_________________________________________
12. Which organ system is affected when people have asthma?______________________________________
13. Explain why you automatically blink when something is coming at your face.________________________
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Directions: Use the information from the articles to fill in the chart. Use the terms in the bank to help you.
Functions Bank:
 Fights off disease
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Key Organs and Parts Bank:
 Bones, cartilage
1st barrier to disease and environment, keeps
fluids in the body, controls body temperature
Controls all body functions, senses
information from inside and outside the body
Produces sex cells to create children, controls
male and female characteristics
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Muscles, tendons, muscles in organs
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Kidneys, bladder, urethra
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Heart, veins, arteries, capillaries
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Lungs, nasal passages, trachea, bronchi
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Mouth, salivary glands, esophagus,
stomach, small and large intestines
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Takes food and breaks it down into nutrients
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Removes wastes from the body
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Brain, spinal cord, nerves
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Puts oxygen in the blood and removes carbon
dioxide. Works with the Circulatory System
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Skin, sweat glands
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Female and male genitals, hormone
glands,
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Lymph nodes, white blood cells, skin
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Helps the body move. Works with the
Skeletal System.
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Carries materials to and from the body’s cells.
Works with the Respiratory System.
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Supports the body; works with muscles for
movement
Organ System
Circulatory System
Digestive System
Excretory System
Function
(Job)
Key Organs and
Parts Involved
Immune System
Integumentary
System
Muscular System
Nervous System
Reproductive
System
Respiratory System
Skeletal System