HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS AND DISEASE (CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE)

1. Base your answers to questions (A) and (B) on the diagram below, which represents
several parts of the human digestive system, and on your knowledge of science.

A. Describe one way that food is mechanically changed during the process of digestion.
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B. Two other human body systems are listed below. Circle one body system from the list
and describe how that body system works together with the digestive system.
Circle one:

circulatory

skeletal

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2. The two human body systems shown below interact to perform several functions for the
whole organism. Describe how gas exchange occurs when the circulatory and respiratory
systems work together.

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