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12 Cards in this Set
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What instruments do scientists use to see inside the human body?
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MRI
XRAY Catscan |
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What are organ systems? name 3
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Organ systems work together to do a certain job.
Integumentary system. Skeletal system circulatory system |
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What is an Organ? Give 3 examples
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Groups of tissue that work ogether to do a certain job.
Lungs, heart, skin |
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What is a cell? give 3 examples
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It is the smallest living part of the body.
Red blood cells, white blood cells, liver blood cells |
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What are the two types of cells?
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Animal cells & Plant cells
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What is the function of the nucleus?
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Controls all life functions that go on inside the cell
(the brain of the cell) |
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Where do most of the cell's functions take place?
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Cytoplasm
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What materials can pass through the cell membrane?
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Food water Oxygen
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Name two structures that are found in a plant cells, but not animal cells. Describe their function.
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Chloroplast - gives plants their green color and helps them make food (photosynthesis).
cell wall - to give the plants fixed shape |
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What is a specialized cell?
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Groups of cells that work together, and look alike, and make up tissue.
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Do plants have organ systems?
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Yes: The Root System (seeks and gathers water/nutrients from the soil)
The Shoot System (seeks light and adds height) The Reproductive System |
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How are green plant cells different than other plant or animal cells?
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they have a cell wall and chloroplast
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