Starter quiz
- The function of the ______ is to pump blood around the body.
- 'heart' ✓
- The average heart is the size of a clenched human ...
- 'fist' ✓
The tubes carrying blood around the body are called blood ...- caps.
- holes.
- vessels. ✓
- valves.
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- Veins are blood vessels that return blood low in ______ back to the heart.
- oxygen ✓
- carbon dioxide
- muscle
- plasma
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- Blood that is low in oxygen is called ______ blood.
- 'deoxygenated' ✓
- Match these parts of the human body to the statements.
- heart⇔is made of different chambers with a muscle wall ✓
- arteries⇔carry oxygenated blood from the heart around the body ✓
- veins⇔carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart ✓
Exit quiz
- What are nutrients?
- Parts of food that help us to breathe.
- Important substances that living things use to stay alive and healthy. ✓
- Components in food that are used by the body to function properly. ✓
- Natural things we find in our body used by the brain.
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The part of the digestive system that helps to transfer nutrients into the bloodstream is the small ...- 'intestine' ✓
Alex used a sieve to represent part of the digestive system. Alex has made a ...- diagram.
- table.
- chart.
- model. ✓
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- Match these nutrients to the foods we find them in.
- fats⇔butter, oil, and nuts ✓
- carbohydrates⇔cereals, bread, pasta, rice, and potatoes ✓
- proteins⇔fish, meat, and eggs ✓
- fibre⇔cereal, bread, beans, lentils, fruit, and vegetables ✓
- vitamins⇔dairy, fruit, and vegetables ✓
- Water and nutrients from food are transported in ______ around the body to where they are needed.
- 'blood' ✓
Place this process in order starting with 'Food enters the mouth and travels down the oesophagus.'- 1⇔Food enters the mouth and travels down the oesophagus.
- 2⇔Food is broken down further in the stomach and passed to the small intestine.
- 3⇔The small intestine transfers nutrients from food to the bloodstream.
- 4⇔The blood travels through blood vessels so the body can use nutrients from food.
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Key learning points
- Nutrients have different purposes and come from different foods.
- A healthy diet is essential for maintaining the nutrients our body needs to function properly.
- During digestion, your small intestine absorbs the nutrients from your food and passes them into the bloodstream.
- Water and nutrients from food are transported in blood around the body to where they are needed.
- Models can be used to help us to learn about how science works.
Common misconception
Pupils may not know that we need to eat food to obtain essential nutrients to keep us healthy and alive.
Learning about different types of nutrients found in food, such as vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and fats will help children to remember previous learning; that we get nutrition from what we eat.
Keywords
Nutrients - Nutrients are important substances that living things use to stay alive and healthy.
Digest - When we digest food it is broken down so that nutrients can be used by the body.
Intestine - The intestine is a long tube that is split into the small and large intestine, through which food travels from the stomach and out of the body while it is being digested.
Bloodstream - Bloodstream is the flow or movement of blood throughout the body.
Model - A model is used to describe something that can't be experienced directly.