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Organ System Quiz
Directions: Circle the letter of the choice that completes the statement or
answers the questions.
1. Why does your heart rate increase when you exercise?
a. you must get more carbon dioxide to your muscles
b. you must get more water to your muscles
c. you must get more oxygen to your muscles
d. your blood must move slower to allow for your muscles to work
2. The function of the nervous system is to:
a. bring oxygen in to the body
b. remove waste from the body
c. transport blood cells
d. control all of the body systems
3. The heart is considered a double pump because:
a. it pumps blood to the lungs and to the body with every beat
b. it only pumps blood to the brain and the stomach
c. it only pumps blood to the brain and the lungs
d. every other beat it pumps to a different place in the body
4.
You are having a problem getting enough nutrients from your food. Your doctor will
probably look at your ________ system first for problems.
a. nervous
b. muscular
c. circulatory
d. digestive
5. What may happen to the body if its kidneys are not functioning properly?
a. It cannot use oxygen to release energy
b. Wastes build up in the bloodstream
c. Food is not broken down and digested
d. Excess carbon dioxide builds up in the lungs
6. What system regulates hormones in your body?
a. endocrine
b. excretory
c. skeletal
d. muscular
Nervous
Digestive
Immune
Excretory
Respiratory
Endocrine
Muscular
Skeletal
Reproductive
Circulatory
Directions: Write the name of the system that completes the statement or
answers the question.
7. Name the body systems (2) that help you obtain food and turn it into a useable form
of energy.
8. Name the system that protects your body from foreign invaders.
9. Name the system that helps you remove waste from your body.
10. Which two systems support your body and give you shape?
11. Name the system that is responsible for creating new organisms.
12. Systems are interdependent, all body systems work together to carry out the
functions of life.
o Name two systems that work together.
o Describe how they each need each other to keep you working properly.
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