calvert Science Block 8
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- What body parts are used for digestion?
- teeth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines
- What is cilia?
- Samll hairlike structures that move particles and mucus out of the respiratory system.
- What does the Food Guide Pyramid help us eat?
- balanced diet
- What does the liver convert wastes to?
- urea
- How is oxygen carried in the blood?
- hemoglobin
- What does your body use to fight disease caused by germs?
- lymph nodes
- What does the large intestine do?
- Where undigested food and excessd water goes.
- What is a taiga?
- a cool, forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere.
- What is a desert?
- A sandy or rocky biome with little precipitation and little plant life.
- Name all of the Great Lakes.
- Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario
- What is a deciduous forest?
- A forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn.
- What is a grassland?
- A biome where grasses, not rree, are the main plant life. Prairies are one kind of grassland region.
- What is a tundra?
- A cold, treeless biome of the far north, marked by spongy topsoil.
- What are the tree major rivers in the United States?
- Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers
- What is a tropical rain forest?
- A hot, humid biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a wide variety of life.
- What are the tree major bodies of water that border the continental United States?
- Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico