2nd Grade CKLA Human Body Review

I lived many hundreds of years ago in a small Dutch village. My curiosity led me to the naming of microscopic cells.

I am one of your sense organs, the largest body organ. What am I?

Intestines: Your large and small intestines are both part of the same long tube.

I am one of the body’s building blocks, the smallest unit of life that can carry out functions of living things.

Nutritionist: Nutritionists believe it’s ok to eat lots of fats and sugar instead of fruits, vegetables, and protein.

I am a liquid that is vitally important to all life on Earth. What am I?

The urethra and two ureters carry urine out of your body. These three tubes are all part of my system. What am I?

We are made up of cells and tissues and work in body systems. We include both the heart and the brain. What are we?

Minerals: Milk provides calcium, an important mineral for the body.

I am an instrument used to view microscopic organisms. What am I?

Liver: The liver is located in your throat and one of your least important organs

What is the name of the tube, located near the windpipe, that takes food from the throat to the stomach?

We are two nutrients that are important to the body, but we are needed less than proteins, fats, and carbohydrates.

Nutrition: People can get all the nutrition they need from candy and soda.

Bladder: The bladder is where feces stay until they are ready to leave the body.

Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates are the main energy source for the body.

Saliva: Saliva is the fluid that leaves your body through the urethra.

. Kidney: Kidneys work within the excretory system to balance the amount of water in the body.

I am a tiny, one-celled organism that Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered when looking at water through a microscope.

Many human organs are inside the body, but all of your sense organs (that’s us) are visible. What are we?

Cells: Your body is made up of cells that are so small that they must be viewed through a microscope.

I am an important nutrient in the first two years of life, but after that you need to limit how much of me you consume.