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1 Humans and animals Exercise Body organs In this exercise, you will name ody organs and identify their position in the ody Some ody organs are shown Write the name of the ody organ elow each drawing Draw a line from each organ to its correct position in the ody Humans and animals 7

2 Exercise The heart In this exercise, you will test your knowledge aout the heart a Name the ody system that the heart is part of Name the two other parts of this system Use the words in the ox to complete the sentences You will need to use some words more than once lood vessels waste products lood food oxygen lungs a The heart pumps through the ody The left side of the heart pumps that contains c The right side of the heart pumps without to the d Blood is carried in the e Blood carries and to all parts of the ody and takes away 8 Humans and animals

3 Exercise 3 Hearteat and pulse In this exercise, you will analyse pulse rate measurements Name Pulse rate Marcus 88 Cui 0 Clara 90 Marta 87 Thao 90 Marcus and his friends measured their pulse rates These are their results What units do we use to measure pulse rate? What is the average pulse rate of the group? How did you work this out? 3 a What pattern can you see in the results? Which result does not fit the pattern? Suggest a reason for this c How can you find out if your suggestion is correct? Humans and animals 9

4 Exercise 4 The lungs and reathing In this exercise, you will make a drawing of the lungs The drawing shows the lungs when you reathe out Make a drawing to show what happens to the lungs when you reathe in Lael your drawing Complete the flow diagram using these words to show the oxygen pathway when we reathe in lungs nose lood windpipe 0 Humans and animals

5 Exercise 5 The digestive system In this exercise, you will identify the parts of the digestive system and their functions Lael the diagram of the digestive system Use these words to help you stomach mouth intestine gullet a Match each of the laelled parts with its function listed in the tale Write the name of the part next to its function Part Function A pushes food into the stomach B mixes food with digestive juices C chews food and starts digestion D reaks food down into very tiny particles The functions in the tale are not in the same order as they happen in the ody Write the functions in the correct order Humans and animals

6 Exercise 6 What do the kidneys do? In this exercise, you will complete sentences aout the kidneys and their functions Use the words in the ox to help you You will need to use some words more than once urine excretion water dialysis waste products The kidneys are a pair of function is the lood to remove the amount of disease from the kidneys leave the ody as should drink enough ean-shaped They organs Their main They also help control in the ody The wastes We every day to keep the kidneys healthy The kidneys cannot work properly if we have a kidney Some people need a special machine called a machine to do the jo of the kidneys Humans and animals

7 Exercise 7 What does the rain do? This exercise tests your knowledge aout the rain a Which ody system is the rain part of? Name another part of this ody system 3 Name two important ody functions that are controlled y the rain without you having to think aout them Choose the part of the rain in the drawing that controls each of the following: 3 a c d e Saying your name Standing on one leg Kicking a all Listening to music Breathing faster while running 4 Explain why someone who has had a serious head injury may not e ale to talk anymore Humans and animals 3

8 Language review This exercise checks that you understand the scientifi c words used in this unit Choose the correct words from the word ox to complete the sentences circulatory system windpipe digestion organs controls excretion reathing disease circulation nervous system pulse lungs urine inside our odies do different jos to keep us alive and healthy The pumping of lood around the ody is called The heart, lood vessels and lood form the Your tells you how fast your heart is eating The mouth, stomach and intestines carry out the process of We take air into our odies and let air out of our odies y Air moves from the nose, down the The kidneys main function is called and into the They produce a liquid A sickness that stops our odies working properly is called a The rain is part of the It all our ody functions 4

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