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Science.7
The Excretory System
Name ___________________________
Date ____________________________
Warm Up
Essential Questions
1. Why do we urinate?
2. How does our body get rid of waste?
3. What is the function of the urinary system?
4. What are the major structures of the urinary system?
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Vocabulary
urinary system, urine, ureters,
kidneys, bladder, urethra
Objectives
1. Identify the major structures of the excretory
system.
2. Identify the function of the excretory system.
Color the aorta (largest artery in your body) red.
Color the inferior vena cava (the largest vein in your body) vein blue.
Color the kidneys purple.
Color the ureters, bladder and urethra yellow.
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Definition
Drawing
Excretory
System
Function
Structures
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