Name: _____________________________________ Grade: _________ Date: ___/___/___

Teacher: ___________

General Science Course

1. Mark T for True and F for false and justify your answer if you marked False.
( ) The systems in the body act independently.
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( ) Digestion takes place only in the stomach.
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( ) The Respiratory system and the Cardiovascular system are deeply interconnected.
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( ) The heart is only part of the Cardiovascular system.
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( ) When we inhale, only oxygen gets in our lungs.
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2. Match the columns:
a. Flaps in the heart that keep blood flowing in one direction and trap
the blood in the hearts chambers.
b. Small flap that closes over trachea when you swallow, so that food
doesnt go in the wrong tube.
c. The smallest type of blood vessel, so narrow that only one blood
cell can move through them at a time.
d. Tiny air sacs that are found in the lungs, responsible for the
exchange of gases.
e. Blood poor in oxygen travels along them.
f. Blood rich in oxygen travels along them, usually away from the
heart.
g. The movement of this muscle makes breathing possible.
h. Cells in the blood that destroy harmful microorganisms, such as
bacteria.
i. Movement of particles from where they are more concentrated to
where they are less concentrated.
j. Gas that is eliminated from your body after oxygen is consumed in
your cells.

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) arteries
) veins
) cappilaries
) epiglottis
) Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
) diffusion
) diaphragm
) white cells
) valves
) alveoli

3. Complete the text with the appropriate words:

This morning I ate a delicious sandwich. Since my cells cannot absorb sandwich, it needed to be broken into small
pieces that my body can use. This process is called ___________________. It all starts in my __________, where my
teeth breaks the sandwich. This is the first ______________________ that the sandwich suffers. Saliva, also in my
mouth, performs a ___________________, because it contains enzymes that speed up the whole process. After this,
the chewed sandwich goes down into the _______________ a muscular tube that leads to the _________________,
the main organ that performs chemical and physical changes. In this organ (that looks like a sac), a bunch of liquids,
including an acid, are poured to help the process. At the end of this organ (and beginning of the next), more liquids are
poured, including the BILE, produced by the ____________ and stored in the gallbladder. Bile helps breaking down
the fats of my food. After this bunch of liquids do their jobs (including another one produced by the pancreas), the exsandwich enters the ________________________, where the nutrients are going to be absorbed. This happens with
the aid of _________, which are tiny projections with capillaries that increase the absorption area of this organ. The
things that are too big or cannot be absorbed continue down to the ____________________ where much of the water
is absorbed, while the wastes move forward to the anus to be eliminated in the toilet preferably.

stomach

villi

large intestine

small intestine

chemical change

liver

physical change

esophagus

digestion

mouth