HUMAN BODY ASSESSMENT
LEVELS
L1. Which statement is not true?
A. Tissues are made up of cells.
B. Skin is an organ.
C. Organs are made up of tissues.
D. Each organ is made up of its own kind of tissue.
L2. At which level do all the life processes occur?
A. cell
B. tissue
C. organ
D. organ system
L3. A group of different tissues working together to accomplish a common purpose is
A. a cell
B. an organ C. the DNA D. an organ system
L4. Tissues are found in
A. all organisms
C. unicellular organisms
B. multicellular organisms
D. microscopic life
L5. Which is the correct order of organization levels from largest to smallest?
A. ecosystem, community, population, organism, organ system, organ, tissue, cell
B. ecosystem, population, community, organism, organ system, tissue, organ, cell
C. ecosystem, community, population, organism, organ, organ system, cell, tissue
D. population, community, ecosystem, organism, organ system, organ, cell, tissue
TISSUES
T1. Which is not a type of tissue?
A. Muscle tissue
B. Connective tissue
C. Digestive tissue
D. Nervous tissue
T2. Which type of tissue connects muscle to bone?
A. ligament B. enzyme
C. cartilage D. tendon
T3. Which type of tissue can contract?
A. muscle
B. tendon
C. cartilage
D. ligament
T4. Epithelial tissue
A. can contract and relax
B. sends electrical signals through the body
C. connects, nourishes and cushions organs D. covers and protects underlying tissue
RESPIRATION
R1. We breathe oxygen
A. To keep our brain neurons alert and active.
B. To burn our food to release energy.
C. For fermentation.
D. To keep the hemoglobin in our blood cells red.
R2. The alveoli or air sacs are where
A. carbon dioxide enters the mitochondria
B. oxygen enters the trachea
C. carbon dioxide enters the bronchial tubes
D. oxygen enters the blood
BCR - Why is oxygen needed for cellular respiration?
DIGESTION/EXCRETION
D1. Enzymes are necessary for life because
A. They are needed for energy.
B. They digest your food.
C. They speed up all the chemical reactions of life.
D. They remove poisonous wastes from your blood.
D2. Why do we eat animal protein if we have only human protein?
A. We get energy from it through cellular respiration.
B. We can burn it up to release important chemicals that we need.
C. We can digest it to get amino acids to build our own proteins.
D. We can digest it to get important vitamins and minerals that we need for
cellular activity.
E1. Poisonous nitrogen wastes from the cell are filtered out of the blood in the
A. pancreas B. stomach
C. bladder
D. kidney
E2. Which organ is not part of the excretory system?
A. kidney
B. lung
C. skin
D. pancreas
E3. The waste product of cellular respiration is removed from the body through the
A. lungs
B. kidney
C. skin
D. pancreas
BCR - Compare and give examples of chemical and physical digestion.
CIRCULATION
C1. Red blood cells
A. carry oxygen
C. carry digested food
B. do cellular respiration
D. fight pathogens
C2. Which of the below best describes the circulatory system?
A. The system for getting materials out of your body
B. The fluid system that helps get rid of wastes
C. The system for getting materials into your body
D. The transportation system connecting cells and the outside world
C3. Digested food enters the blood in the villi in the
A. Liver
B. Small Intestine
C. Lung
D. Kidney
C4. Plasma
B. carries oxygen
D. carries digested food
B. performs cellular respiration
D. fights pathogens
C5. Before returning to the cells of the body, the blood must pass through the
A. brain
B. stomach
C. muscles
D. lungs
CONTROL
N1. The nervous system
A. Allows you to respond to stimuli in your environment.
B. Has nerves leading to and from the central nervous system.
C. Allows parts of your body to communicate with one another.
D. All of the above statements are true.
N2. Which sequence of parts/activities is the correct order for nervous system operation?
A. stimulus  receptor  sensory nerve  central nervous system  motor nerve  response
B. stimulus  motor nerve  receptor  central nervous system  sensory nerve  response
C. stimulus  sensory nerve  receptor  central nervous system  motor nerve  response
D. stimulus  receptor  central nervous system  motor nerve  sensory nerve  response
N3. The central nervous system is made up of the
A. brain and receptor
B. spinal cord and ganglia
C. ganglia and receptor
D. brain and spinal cord
N4. Select the correct words below to fill in the blanks to make the statement correct.
__1__ produce chemicals called __2__ which help control functions in the human body.
A. 1 – glands, 2 – hormones
B. 1 – tissues, 2 – hormones
C. 1 – receptors, 2 – enzymes
D. 1 – glands, 2 - enzymes
.