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Grade 6 Respiration, Digestion, and Excretion
What part of the body keeps swallowed food from going into the lungs?
  1. stomach lining
  2. esophagus
  3. chyme
  4. epiglottis
Grade 6 Respiration, Digestion, and Excretion
What do pancreatic juice and bile help digest?
  1. protein
  2. starch
  3. fat
  4. all of the above
Grade 6 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
The rib cage has                   pairs of bones.
  1. 10
  2. 12
  3. 2
  4. none of the above
Grade 6 Circulatory and Immune Systems
Select the three statements that are true about white blood cells.
  1. They are much bigger than red blood cells.
  2. They seek out germs and other bad things that can hurt you.
  3. Your body has fewer of them when you are sick.
  4. You have a lot fewer of them than you do red blood cells.
  5. They are not really very useful at all.
Grade 6 Respiration, Digestion, and Excretion
What waste do you breathe out?
  1. oxygen
  2. diaphragm
  3. carbon dioxide
Grade 6 Circulatory and Immune Systems
The liquid part of blood is
  1. plasma.
  2. water.
  3. cells.
  4. nutrients.
Grade 6 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
How many bones are in your whole body?
  1. 10
  2. 5
  3. 206
  4. 204
Grade 6 Anatomical Organization
A group of cells that work together to perform a specific function is a(n)
  1. tissue.
  2. organ.
  3. ecosystem.
  4. organism.
Grade 6 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
The colored substance that helps keep the skin from burning is
  1. the dermis.
  2. melanin.
  3. the epidermis.
  4. a follicle.
Grade 6 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
What tissue covers the ends of bones?
  1. cartilage
  2. ligaments
  3. tendons
  4. muscle
Grade 6 Respiration, Digestion, and Excretion
Which part of the intestines removes water from chyme?
  1. small intestine
  2. stomach
  3. large intestine
Grade 6 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
What are the three kinds of muscle?
  1. cardiac
  2. skeletal
  3. axial
  4. smooth
  5. nervous
Grade 6 Respiration, Digestion, and Excretion
Which of these is a function of the lungs?
  1. take oxygen from the air and put it in the bloodstream; take carbon dioxide in the blood and send it out of the body
  2. breathe on its own
  3. give your body support
  4. work in pairs to pull your bones
Grade 6 Respiration, Digestion, and Excretion
In which order do humans digest food through their organs?
  1. mouth, stomach, large intestine, small intestine
  2. mouth, esophagus, small intestine, stomach
  3. mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine
  4. mouth, stomach, esophagus, large intestine
Grade 6 Nervous and Endocrine Systems
What are the three parts of the brain?
  1. cerebrum, cerebellum, spinal cord
  2. cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem
  3. cerebrum, brain stem, spinal cord
  4. cerebrum, brain stem, skull
Grade 6 Circulatory and Immune Systems
The average person has about                 of blood.
  1. 9 to 10 pints
  2. 9 to 10 quarts
  3. 3 to 4 gallons
  4. 8 liters
Grade 6 Circulatory and Immune Systems
One job of the circulatory system is to carry away
  1. oxygen and nutrients.
  2. carbon dioxide and wastes.
  3. oxygen and carbon dioxide.
  4. oxygen and wastes.
Grade 6 Nervous and Endocrine Systems
When you consciously pick up a cup, you are engaging your
  1. motor nervous system.
  2. sensory nervous system.
  3. autonomic nervous system.
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