HUMAN BODY STUDY GUIDE 7TH GRADE HEALTH
1. What is health?
a. Physical, mental/emotional and social well-being
b. Physical, cognitive and mental
c. Mental, active and social well-being
d. Living healthy, exercising and socializing
2.
This is a time when you start developing physical
characteristics of adults of your gender
a. Puberty
b. Hormones
c. Physical changes
d. Maturity
3.
The process of working toward something you want
to accomplish is called?
a. Character
b. Goal setting
c. Decision making
d. Life choices
4. This is a willingness to answer for your actions and
decisions.
a. Prejudice
b. Character
c. Accountability
d. Tolerance
5. Where might you find an involuntary muscle?
a. In your arms
b. In your mouth
c. In your toes
d. In your stomach
6. What can you infer from the fact that babies have more
bones than adults?
a. Most adults suffer fracture
b. Teenagers also have more bones
c. Babies shed some bones as they grow
d. Some of babies’ bones fuse together as they grow
7. What advantage do we gain that are bones are hollow?
a. We can move around easily
b. Our bones don’t fracture easily
c. Our bones can make marrow easily
d. Our internal organs receive more support
8. What is the best synonym for "voluntary?"
a. Necessary
b. Mandatory
c. Unforced
d. Painless
9. What would happen if your circulatory system did not
deliver oxygen to your body's cells?
a. Your body's cells would use carbon dioxide instead
b. Your body's cells would shut down
c. Your body’s cell would multiply at twice their
normal
rate
d. Your body's cells would enter your bloodstream
10. What is another word for the circulartory system?
a. Respiratory system
b. Endocrine system
c. Integumentary system
d. Cardiovascular system
11. What can you infer about the function of the ribcage?
a. It protects the lungs
b. It helps the lungs pump oxygen
c. It delivers oxygen from the lungs to the
bloodstream
d. It connects the trachea to the lungs
12. You breathe in oxygen and breathe
out_______________________
a. Oxygen
b. Carbon Dioxide
c. Nitrogen
d. Hydrogen
13. Which
process is governed by the autonomic nervous
system?
a. Writing
b. Chewing
c. Running
d. Digesting Food
14. Where in your body can you find nerve cells? Choose
the best answer.
a. In your brain
b. In your spinal cord
c. In your neurons
d. Everywhere
15. What might happen if your body lacked
neurotransmitters?
a. Your nerve cells could not communicate with one
another
b. Impulses could not travel along your nerve cells
c. You would not be able to touch the objects that
surround you
d. Your nerve cells would begin dying off
16. Pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, pineal, pancreas, thymus
parathyroid, ovaries and testes are all apart of what
human body system?
a. Digestive System
b. Urinary System
c. Excretory System
d. Endocrine System
17. What is responsible for regulating your metabolism,
mood, growth and organ function?
a. Puberty
b. Hormones
c. Menstrual Cycle
d. Thyroid
18. When adrenaline is released it gives you_____________.
a. speed
b. muscle
c. makes you taller
d. more hormones
19. The Urinary system is apart of the ___________________.
a. Pancreas
b. Cardiovascular
c. Excretory System
d. Respiratory System
20. What organ is apart of the Excretory System?
a. Heart
b. Colon
c. Lungs
d. Kidneys
21. Where does digestion begin?
a. Mouth
b. Stomach
c. Brain
d. Large Intestine
22. What might happen if you had your pancreas
removed?
a. Your intestines might have trouble breaking down
food
b. Your stomach might have trouble producing
hydrochloric acid
c. You would not be able to chew properly
d. You would have trouble producing saliva