4th Grade Body Basics

Question 1

What is the job of our brain?

Accepted Answer

It sends signals to our body.

Question 2

This scientist developed the first antibiotic, penicillin.

Accepted Answer

Alexander Fleming

Question 3

Our skeleton ___________ the organs of our body.

Accepted Answer

protects

Question 4

Name one function of the skeletal system.

Accepted Answer

supporting our body

Question 5

What can we do to stay healthy?

Accepted Answer

all of these things

Question 6

This doctor developed a vaccine to protect us from small pox.

Accepted Answer

Edward Jenner

Question 7

Nerves carry information through ______ signals.

Accepted Answer

electrical

Question 8

Name the work of an involuntary muscle.

Accepted Answer

breathing

Question 9

These muscles control involuntary movement.

Accepted Answer

smooth

Question 10

This scientist worked with beer, but helped make milk safe.

Accepted Answer

Louis Pasteur

Question 11

Nerves are made of bundles of _______.

Accepted Answer

neurons

Question 12

This system, made up of blood cells and other tissue, protects us from illness.

Accepted Answer

immune

Question 13

______ are germs and bacteria that cause diseases.

Accepted Answer

pathogens

Question 14

Our Central Nervous System is made up of the brain and the _____.

Accepted Answer

spinal cord

Question 15

Name the work of voluntary muscles.

Accepted Answer

running

Question 16

She helped us realize we need to stay clean to get well and stay healthy.

Accepted Answer

Florence Nightingale

Question 17

_____________________ diseases can be passed from one organism to another.

Accepted Answer

infectious

Question 18

Muscle cells make ______.

Accepted Answer

cardiac and skeletal muscles

Question 19

____ muscle is found only in our heart.

Accepted Answer

cardiac

Question 20

Name two bones in your body.

Accepted Answer

tibia and fibula

Questions 20