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30 Cards in this Set
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_____ in our food keep us healthy, help us grow and give us energy
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Nutrients
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An important mineral is calcium which is needed for...
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strong bones and teeth
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What are proteins and what kind of food has them?
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Proteins are a nutrient that help growth and you can find it in fish, eggs and meat
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________ are a nutrient that gives us energy. They are found in bread.
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Carbohydrates
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The digestive system allows...
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...our body to get the nutrients it needs from the food we eat.
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Fats give us energy, but....?
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But we only need a little of these
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A tube called the _______ leads food from the mouth to the stomach.
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oesophagus
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What does the small intestine do?
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It breaks down the mixture of food in the body
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The liver and the ________ send juices to the small intestine so that the nutrients can be absorbed by the body.
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pancreas
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The food that our body can't use goes to a tube called......
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...the large intestine
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Incisor teeth are...?
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sharp to cut food
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Canine teeth are...?
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pointed to tear food
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Molar teeth are...?
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flat to chew food
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What does the stomach do?
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It uses gastric juices to turn food into a thick liquid. It's like a mixer.
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What is the excretory system?
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It is the process of eliminating food and waste our body doesn't need.
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What cleans waste from our blood in the excretory system?
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Our kidneys
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Urine goes down tubes called the _________ and into the bladder
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ureters
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What is the urethra?
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It is the tube through which urine leaves the body.
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What are the stages of life in order?
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Babies, children, adolescents, adults, and elderly.
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Why is the circulatory system important?
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Because it moves blood through our body from the heart.
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What are the three blood vessel types?
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The arteries, the veins and the capillaires
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Arteries are...
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The blood vessel that carries blood and nutrients from the heart to the rest of the body
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Veins are...
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The blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart to the rest of the body
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Capillaries are...
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Small blood vessels that connect arteries and veins
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Tubes that air goes down that are connected to the lungs
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The bronchi
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The trachea is...
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a tube air travels down before going to the bronchi
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The system that makes it possible for us to have babies is
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the reproductive system
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The testicles store and produce _____
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sperm
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The _____ store and produce eggs in the female reproductive system.
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ovaries
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The uterus is...
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a female reproductive organ where a baby developes
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