Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Biology Edition
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What Gas Do We Breathe in That Keeps Us Alive?
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What Do Plants Need for Photosynthesis?
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What Body Part Helps You See?
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What Do Bees Collect From Flowers?
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What Organ Pumps Blood Throughout the Body?
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What Helps Your Bones Stay Strong?
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Which Sense Uses Your Nose?
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Which Animal Lays Eggs?
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What Part of a Plant Holds It in the Ground?
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What Do Tadpoles Grow Into?
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Which Body Part Helps You Hear?
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What Type of Animal Is a Lion?
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Which Part of the Body Digests Food?
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What Organ Helps You Breathe?
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Which Living Thing Is a Producer in a Food Chain?
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What Organ Helps Filter Waste From Your Blood?
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What Does a Caterpillar Become?
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Which Body System Controls Your Movements?
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What Do Humans Use Their Skin for?
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What Part of a Tree Carries Water From Roots to Leaves?
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What Helps Your Body Fight Sickness?
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Which of These Animals Is Cold-Blooded?
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What Do Bones Connect to at Joints?
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What Do Plants Release Into the Air?
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What Do Animals Need to Survive?
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Which Body Part Is Used for Tasting?
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What’s the Smallest Unit of Life?
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What Gas Do Plants Take in?
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What Does a Bird Use to Fly?
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What Organ Is Responsible for Thinking and Memory?
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How Do Fish Breathe Underwater?
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Which Part of the Body Helps With Balance?
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Which of These Is a Vertebrate?
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What Does an Omnivore Eat?
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What Is the Function of Eyelashes?
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Which Living Thing Is a Decomposer?
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How Does a Baby Breathe Before Birth?
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Which of These Is a Reptile?
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What Does the Liver Help the Body Do?
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What Body Part Helps Birds Steer?
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What Gives Blood Its Red Color?
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Which of These Animals Undergoes Metamorphosis?
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What Does the Spine Protect?
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What Happens When You Sweat?
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Which Part of a Flower Makes Seeds?
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What Is the Job of the Large Intestine?
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What Is the First Stage of a Butterfly’s Life Cycle?
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How Do Penguins Keep Warm?
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Which Food Gives the Most Calcium?
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What Is the Job of White Blood Cells?
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Which System Includes the Bones?
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Which of These Animals Is a Herbivore?
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What Do Plants Use Their Roots for?
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Which Body System Controls Breathing?
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What Do Snakes Shed as They Grow?
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How Do Ants Communicate?
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What’s the Purpose of Feathers?
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What Causes Your Shadow to Appear?
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Which Animal Lives in a Hive and Makes Honey?
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What Is the Main Purpose of Leaves?
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Oxygen
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Nitrogen
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Carbon dioxide
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Helium
Oxygen is vital for cellular respiration, a process that helps your body make energy from food.
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Sugar
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Sand
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Salt
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Sunlight
Sunlight powers photosynthesis, enabling plants to turn carbon dioxide and water into food.
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Eyes
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Ears
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Nose
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Tongue
The eyes detect light and send signals to the brain to form images of the world around you.
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Nectar
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Bark
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Water
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Leaves
Bees gather nectar to make honey and help pollinate plants as they travel from flower to flower.
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Liver
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Lungs
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Heart
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Stomach
The heart circulates oxygen-rich blood through the body, delivering nutrients and removing waste via the bloodstream.
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Sugar
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Oxygen
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Caffeine
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Calcium
Calcium is a mineral found in dairy and leafy greens that keeps your bones dense and healthy.
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Smell
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Touch
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Taste
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Hearing
Your nose detects smells using receptors that send signals to the brain's olfactory system.
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Horse
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Dog
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Chicken
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Cow
Chickens and most birds lay eggs to reproduce, with the embryo developing inside the egg shell.
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Leaves
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Stem
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Roots
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Flower
Roots anchor the plant in the soil and absorb water and minerals needed for growth.
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Frogs
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Snakes
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Lizards
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Fish
Tadpoles are the larval stage of frogs and go through metamorphosis as they develop legs and lungs.
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Mouth
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Ears
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Nose
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Eyes
Your ears capture sound waves and send them to your brain, allowing you to understand noises and speech.
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Amphibian
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Bird
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Reptile
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Mammal
Lions are warm-blooded mammals that give birth to live young and nurse them with milk.
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Brain
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Stomach
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Lungs
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Liver
The stomach uses acid and enzymes to break food into nutrients the body can use.
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Heart
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Kidneys
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Lungs
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Stomach
Lungs take in oxygen and remove carbon dioxide during the process of breathing.
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Owl
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Grass
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Fox
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Rabbit
Grass makes its own food through photosynthesis and is the base of many food chains.
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Liver
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Lungs
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Heart
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Kidneys
Kidneys remove toxins and waste from your blood, producing urine as part of your body’s filtration system.
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Ant
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Worm
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Butterfly
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Bee
Caterpillars go through metamorphosis, forming a chrysalis and transforming into butterflies.
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Muscular system
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Digestive system
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Respiratory system
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Circulatory system
The muscular system allows you to move your body using muscles attached to bones.
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Thinking
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Protection
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Seeing
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Breathing
Skin is the body’s largest organ and protects you from germs, injury, and harmful sun rays.
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Bark
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Branches
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Fruit
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Trunk
The trunk transports water and nutrients through xylem tissue to nourish the entire tree.
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Platelets
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Red blood cells
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White blood cells
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Plasma
White blood cells destroy viruses, bacteria, and other invaders that cause infections.
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Snake
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Horse
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Cat
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Elephant
Snakes are reptiles, meaning their body temperature changes with the environment instead of staying constant.
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Muscles
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Lungs
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Blood
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Veins
Joints connect bones and allow movement with the help of muscles and ligaments.
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Sulfur
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Oxygen
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Nitrogen
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Carbon dioxide
During photosynthesis, plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the atmosphere.
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Glue
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Water
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TV
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Plastic
Water is essential for animals to regulate body temperature, digest food, and eliminate waste.
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Nose
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Foot
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Tongue
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Ear
Your tongue has taste buds that detect sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami flavors.
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Cell
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Tissue
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Organ
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Organism
Cells are the building blocks of all living things, from tiny bacteria to humans.
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Carbon dioxide
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Nitrogen
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Oxygen
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Hydrogen
Plants absorb carbon dioxide through tiny pores in their leaves and use it during photosynthesis.
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Nose
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Wings
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Teeth
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Legs
Birds have strong, lightweight wings covered in feathers that allow them to fly through the air.
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Lungs
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Heart
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Brain
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Liver
The brain controls thinking, memory, emotions, and decisions by processing signals from around the body.
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Gills
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Nostrils
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Skin
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Lungs
Fish use gills to extract oxygen from water and release carbon dioxide.
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Inner ear
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Liver
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Stomach
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Nose
The inner ear contains tiny structures that sense movement and help you maintain balance and orientation.
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Worm
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Dog
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Jellyfish
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Octopus
Dogs have a backbone, which makes them vertebrates unlike jellyfish or worms.
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Only meat
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Only plants
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Plants and animals
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Fruits only
Omnivores like humans eat both meat and plant-based foods for a balanced diet.
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Balance hearing
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Help you smell
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Protect eyes from dust
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Filter air
Eyelashes protect your eyes by catching dust and debris before it enters.
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Cow
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Mushroom
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Tree
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Ant
Mushrooms break down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil.
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Through the nose
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By swallowing air
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With lungs
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Through the umbilical cord
Oxygen is passed from the mother to the baby via the umbilical cord, not by breathing air.
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Whale
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Turtle
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Penguin
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Frog
Turtles are reptiles with dry scaly skin and lay eggs on land.
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Pump blood
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Filter toxins
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Store oxygen
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Create bones
The liver removes toxins from the blood and processes nutrients from food.
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Eyes
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Beaks
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Legs
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Wings
Birds use their wings to generate lift and steer while flying.
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Chlorophyll
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Plasma
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Hemoglobin
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Platelets
Hemoglobin in red blood cells binds with oxygen and gives blood its red color.
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Dog
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Fish
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Butterfly
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Elephant
Butterflies transform from eggs to caterpillars, then to pupae, and finally into adults.
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Stomach
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Spinal cord
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Liver
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Heart
The spine encases and protects the spinal cord, which sends messages between the brain and body.
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Your body cools down
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You absorb water
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You get stronger
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You lose oxygen
Sweating helps regulate body temperature by releasing heat as moisture evaporates from the skin.
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Petal
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Ovary
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Stem
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Leaf
The ovary in a flower contains ovules, which develop into seeds after fertilization.
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Pump blood
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Absorb water
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Store oxygen
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Break down proteins
The large intestine absorbs water from digested food and stores waste before elimination.
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Egg
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Chrysalis
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Caterpillar
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Butterfly
Butterflies begin life as tiny eggs laid on leaves by adult females.
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Fast running
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Hot sand
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Thick feathers and fat
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Sunlight
Penguins have dense feathers and a thick fat layer to insulate against extreme cold.
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Milk
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Apples
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Bread
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Chicken
Milk is rich in calcium, which is important for growing strong bones and teeth.
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Control sugar
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Carry oxygen
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Build muscles
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Fight infection
White blood cells defend your body by identifying and destroying harmful viruses and bacteria.
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Respiratory system
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Digestive system
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Skeletal system
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Circulatory system
The skeletal system includes bones and joints that provide structure and protect internal organs.
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Wolf
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Shark
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Eagle
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Cow
Cows eat only plants and grasses, making them classic examples of herbivores.
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To photosynthesize
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To absorb water and nutrients
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To breathe
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To fly
Roots anchor the plant and take in water and nutrients from the soil.
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Nervous system
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Skeletal system
3
Digestive system
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Respiratory system
The respiratory system includes lungs and airways, managing the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
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Bones
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Teeth
3
Eyes
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Skin
Snakes regularly shed their outer layer of skin to allow for growth and remove parasites.
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With chemicals
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With blinking
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With speech
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By changing color
Ants use pheromones—chemical signals—to communicate with each other about food or danger.
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Flight and warmth
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Breathing
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Seeing
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Swimming
Feathers help birds fly, stay dry, and keep warm by trapping heat close to their bodies.
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Breathing air
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Gravity pulling
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Sound waves
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Blocking light
Shadows are made when something blocks light from reaching the surface behind it.
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Butterfly
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Bee
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Ant
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Spider
Bees live in hives, where they store honey made from nectar collected from flowers.
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Store water
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Attract insects
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Make food for the plant
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Grow roots
Leaves perform photosynthesis, converting sunlight into energy the plant can use to grow.
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