Science Notebook Scavenger Hunt
Instructions:​ Use your black science notebook as a guide to answer the questions below. All
the information is in the notebooks to answer the questions. While you are trying to track
down the answers, pay attention to the information you’re reading.
1. Locate the “Human Body” page; what are the 6 main systems that make up the human
body?
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2)
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2. What is the name of the system that the bones make up?
_______________________________________________.
a) How many​ bones are there in the human body?______________.
b) What are the ​two​ main functions of the human skeleton?
____________________________________________________.
3. What are the three layers of the ​bones​?
1)
2)
3)
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4. Name two places in the human body that you would find a ​hinge joint​:
_____________________________________________________________.
5. What is a joint?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________.
6. How many muscles are there in the human body (approximately...which means
about)?
____________.
7. What are the two main types of muscles?
1)
2)
8. What is the job of a tendon?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________.
9. What does a ligament do?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________.
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10.
What is the name of the millions of tiny airsacks in your lungs?
______________________________.
11.
What is the function (what do they do) of the alveoli within your lungs?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________.
12. The heart, blood vessels and blood make up the main parts of the circulatory
system. What is the function of these three main parts (what do they do)?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________.
13.
What do the white blood cells do in your body?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________.
14.
What does the ​digestive system​ do?
______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________.
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15.
Multiple choice question: ​What do neurons do? ​(circle the best answer)
a) turn on a light bulb
b) send signals from your brain to different parts of you body
c) send signals inside your brain to other people
16.
What does the ​brain​ do?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________.
17.
What does your ​liver​ do?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________.
18. When the kidneys filter wastes (garbage) out of fluids (water, blood and small stuff
like vitamins, minerals, chemicals, etc.) in your body, where does the newly filtered
blood go?
________________________________________________________________.
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