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BODY SYSTEM UNIT TEST- 60 PTS.

NAME: _________________ PARENT: ________________

DIRECTIONS:  CIRCLE  THE  CORRECT  ANSWER.  

1. How  many  bones  are  in  the  human  body?  

A.  208      B.  602     C.    206    

2. How  many  muscles  move  the  human  body?  


 
A.  206       B.    540     C.  600  
 
 
3. What  are  the  two  parts  of  the  body  that  have  the  most  bones?  
 
A.  head  &  shoulders     B.  ankles  &  wrists     C.  hands  &  feet  
 
 
4. What  is  the  strongest  muscle  in  the  body?  
 
A.  bicep      B.  heart     C.    abdominal  
 
5. How  long  is  the  digestive  system  tube  inside  the  body?  
 
A.  25  feet     B.    30  feet     C.  35  feet  
 
 
6. How  many  kidneys  does  the  average  human  body  have?  
 
A.  one        B.  two       C.    three  
 
7. What  is  a  synonym  for  small  blood  vessels?  
 
A.  arteries     B.  veins     C.  white  cells  
 
 
8. What  organ  gets  rid  of  LIQUID  waste  floating  in  blood?  
 
A.  the  liver     B.  the  kidneys     C.  the  lungs  
 
 
9. What  organ  gets  rid  of  WASTE  floating  in  the  blood?  
 
A.  the  liver     B.  the  kidneys       C.  the  lungs  
 
 
10. What  is  the  watery  part  of  the  blood?  
 
A.  Bile        B.  Plasma     C.    White  cells  
 
 
11. Which  of  the  following  makes  up  the  lungs?  
 
A.  tiny  air  sacs        B.  plasma     C.    cartilage    
 
 
12. What  is  a  synonym  for  the  term  “breathing  out”  ?    
 
A.    Exhale     B.  Inhale     C.  diaphragm    
 
 
13. What  other  body  system  does  the  excretory  system  work  closely  
with?  
 
A.  muscular     B.  skeletal     C.  digestive  
 
 
14. What  other  body  system  does  the  muscular  system  work  closely  
with?  
 
A.  skeletal     B.  excretory     C.  respiratory    
 
 
15. Which  part  of  the  brain  controls  talking,  thinking,  remembering,  
and  moving?  
 
A.  cerebellum     B.  medulla     C.  cerebrum  
 
 
 
 
16. Which  part  of  the  brain  keeps  the  heart  beating  and  controls  
breathing?  
 
A.  cerebellum     B.  medulla     C.  cerebrum  

17. How  many  nerve  cells  are  in  every  part  of  the  body?  

A.  millions     B.  billions     C.  hundreds  


 
DIRECTIONS:  FILL  IN  THE  BLANK.  
 
18. What  is  the  soft,  inside  part  of  the  bone  called?  ______________________  
 
19. What  is  another  name  for  the  backbone?  _______________________  
 
20. What  part  of  your  body  protects  the  heart  and  lungs?_______________  
 
21. What  part  of  your  body  protects  your  brain?  __________________  

22. The  muscles  of  the  body  move  the    ______________  of  the  body.    
 
23. A    __________________  muscle  moves  when  you  want  it  to  move.  
 
24. _____________________  muscles  move  even  when  they  are  not  told  to  
move.  
 
25. The  lungs  are  protected  by  the  ____________  which  are  in  the  skeletal  
system.  
 
26. Where  is  most  digestive  work  done?    _________________________________  
 
27. The  brain  weighs  about  _______  pounds.  
 
28. The  __________________________  carries  messages  to  the  brain  from  the  
body  and  back.  
 
29. Sensory  nerves  carry  messages  of  seeing,  hearing,  smelling,  tasting,    
 
and  ____________________.  

30. Name  four  main  parts  of  the  digestive  system:  (2  pts)  
 
________________________________________  
 
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31. Name  the  five  organs  who  have  a  part  in  the  excretory  system:  (5pts)  
 
________________________________________  
 
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32. What  three  parts  make  up  the  circulatory  system?  (3  pts)  
 
________________________________________  
 
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33. What  three  main  parts  make  up  the  respiratory  system?  (3pts)  
 
________________________________________  
 
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34. What  three  main  parts  make  up  the  nervous  system?  (3  pts)  
 
________________________________________  
 
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DIRECTIONS:  (13  pts)  
On  the  lines  below,  please  choose  one  of  the  seven  body  systems  that  we  have  
studied  in  class.  EXPLAIN  THE  FOLLOWING:  
1. FUNCTION  OF  THAT  SYSTEM  (WHAT  IS  THE  JOB?)  5  pts.  
2. THE  MAIN  PARTS  OF  THE  SYSTEM  3  pts.  
3. EXPLAIN  WHAT  WOULD  HAPPEN  TO  OUR  BODIES  IF  WE  DIDN’T  HAVE  
THAT  BODY  SYSTEM!!  5  pts.  
*  Please  write  in  complete  sentences      
 
 
 
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BONUS QUESTION ON THE BACK 


 
For  1  bonus  point,  complete  the  following:  
 
 
Cells  make  ______________,  
 
____________  make  ____________,  
 
______________  make  ______________,  
 
and  ____________  keep  you  _________________!    
 
 
 
ALL DONE!!!!   

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