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Science: Chapter 16-6
What is the excretory system?
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Science
6th Grade
12/16/2007

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Term

What is the process of

removing waste products

from the body?

Definition
excretion
Term

What are some waste products

formed by your body?

Definition

1) carbon dioxide

2) water

3) salts

4) nitrogen compounds

5) heat

Term

What are the organs

of the excretory system?

Definition

1) lungs

2) kidneys

3) skin

Term
What do the lungs get rid of?
Definition

1) carbon dioxide

2) water

Term
What do the kidneys get rid of?
Definition

1) liquid waste

2) dissolved salts

Term
What does the skin get rid of?
Definition

1) liquid waste

2) salts

3) heat

Term

Be able to label the parts of the excretory system.

(see page 388)

Definition

1) skin

2) lungs

3) kidneys

4) large intestine

5) small intestine

6) rectum

7) anus

Term
What is the job of the bladder?
Definition
to store liquid waste
Term

What is the tube

from the kidneys

to the bladder

Definition
ureter
Term
What happens to undigested food?
Definition

1) moves along small intestine

2) enters large intestine where water is removed

3) moves to rectum

4) exits body through anus

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