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What gives the human body a framework and protection?

Skeleton

What is mechanical digestion?

Mechanical digestion is the physical breaking up of food.

What is chemical digestion?

Chemical digestion is the breaking of chemical bonds in the food so that it is broken into smaller, simpler nutrients that the body can use.

The heart and blood vessels make up which system?

Circulatory System

The circulatory system works closely with which other system?

The Respiratory System

To get energy from food nutrients, all cells need a constant supply of __________________ order to complete cellular respiration.

Oxygen

Animals use the gas __________________ for cellular respiration.

Oxygen

Plants also use __________________ for cellular respiration.

Oxygen

The ______________ system in animals takes care of getting oxygen, nutrients, water, etc to the cells of the body, and carrying carbon dioxide away from the cells of the body after cellular respiration.

Circulatory System

_____________________ in plants transports water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the other parts of the plant.

Xylem

_______________ in plants transports sugar (nutrients) from the leaves to the roots.

Phloem

As water evaporates through the leaves of plants, more water is pulled up the thin tubes of ___________________.

Xylem

Sugar (glucose) moves down the plant as a result of gravity to some degree, but more importantly, by ___________________ pressure

Water




(water pressure is the way that glucose moves down the plant from its leaves to the roots)

The leaves of the plant make sugar (glucose) by photosynthesis and the sugar collects in the _______________ cells.

Phloem

The sugar draws __________________ into the phloem cells from the xylem. Water pressure in the phloem cells increases, as a result.

Water

The increased water _______________ forces the sugary water down the plant.

Pressure

The ability to maintain a constant internal environment is called ____________________.

Homeostasis

___________________ is the disruption of homeostasis.

Disease

_________________ disease can be transmitted from person to person.

Infectious

Infectious diseases are caused by _____________________ like bacteria, viruses, etc.

Pathogens (micro organisms)

_______________ diseases cannot be passed from one person to another person, although they can still do great harm.

Noninfectious

Examples of noninfectious _________________ include genetic diseases, mutations, and things like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc.

diseases