Body Systems II Science Jeopardy

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The organ responsible for pumping blood through the body. Circulation for 100 What is the heart? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The chamber of the heart that receives oxygen poor blood from the body. Circulation for 200 What is the right atrium? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The artery through which oxygen poor blood travels from the left ventricle to the lungs Circulation for 300 What is the pulmonary artery? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The “wall” that separates the left chambers of the heart from the right chambers. Circulation for 400 What is the septum? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

Oxygen rich blood leaves the left ventricle through this vessel. Circulation for 500 What is the aorta? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

This large dome shaped muscle attached to the lower ribs causes your chest to expand during breathing. Respiration for 100 What is the diaphragm? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

These passages direct air from the trachea into the lungs. Respiration for 200 What are bronchi? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The process in which oxygen and glucose undergo a series of complex reactions inside cells to release energy. Respiration for 300 What is respiration? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

There are approximately 300,000,000 of these tissues in your lungs that have a combined surface area of about 70 square meters. This tissue is responsible for the gas exchange. Respiration for 400 What are alveoli? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

These waste products are eliminated through your lungs. Respiration for 500 What are carbon dioxide and water? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

This is the general term for viruses and microorganisms like bacteria, fungi and protists that invade your body and cause disease. Fighting Disease for 100 What are pathogens? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

This type of disease can pass from one person to another. Fighting Disease for 200 What is an infectious disease? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

A lymphocyte that identifies pathogens and distinguishes one pathogen from another. Fighting Disease for 300 What is a T cell? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

When antibodies from another organism fight the pathogens in your body this type of immunity occurs. Fighting Disease for 400 What is passive immunity? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

These white blood cells react to each kind of pathogen with a defense targeted specifically at that pathogen. Fighting Disease for 500 What is a lymphocyte? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The thick column of nerve tissue that is enclosed and protected by the vertebrae and links the brain to most of the nerves in the peripheral nervous system. Nervous System for 100 What is the spinal cord? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The cells that carry messages through the nervous system. Nervous System for 200 What are neurons? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

This part of the brain that is responsible for solving complex mental processes such as learning, remembering and making judgments. Nervous System for 300 What is the cerebrum? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The tiny space between an axon and the next structure. Nervous System for 400 What is a synapse? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

These threadlike extensions of neurons carry nerve impulses toward the cell body. Nervous System for 500 What are dendrites? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

These are substances found in our environment and known to cause cancer. Grab Bag for 100 What are carcinogens? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

This part of the brain coordinates the actions of your muscles and helps you keep your balance. Grab Bag for 200 What is cerebellum? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The part of the central nervous system that controls the body’s involuntary actions. Grab Bag for 300 What is the brainstem? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

The tiny part of the brain that links the nervous system and the endocrine system. Grab Bag for 400 What is the hypothalamus? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.

In the 1860’s, this French scientist created a heating process to kill microorganisms in food. This process is still used today. Grab Bag for 500 Who was Louis Pasteur? Push the Space Bar to check your answer.