Unit B Section 1/2

The basic unit of life

• cells

• tissues

• organs

• organ systems

Hares changing fur colour in different seasons demonstrates which characteristic of living things

• Adapting to the environment

• Growing and developing

• Responding to the environment

• Reproducing

The body part that performs a specific task

• Function

• Structure

This system consists of hair, skin and nails

• Excretory system

• Nervous system

• Integumentary system

• Muscular system

The stomach and intestines can be found in the _________ system

• digestive

• nervous

• excretory

• muscular

The mouth/nose, trachea and lungs make up the

• digestive system

• respiratory system

• nervous system

• circulatory system

The purpose of this system is to transport blood and oxygen around your body

• Digestive system

• Respiratory system

• Nervous system

• Circulatory system

The function of the excretory system

• To excrete waste

• Processes food into energy

• Movement

• To protect organs and support our mass

Group of tissues working together for a particular function

• Cell

• Tissue

• Organ

• Organ system

Stimulus

• anything that causes a response

• the reaction