4/5 Science Assessment practice questions

1. As blood flows to the heart from the toes and fingers, it travels mainly through tissue called

a. veins

b. alveoli

c. arteries

d. capillaries

2. Sometimes when people eat, the food accidently enters a tube near the beginning of the respiratory system instead of the digestive system.   This causes a person to cough. In which part of the respiratory system can food sometimes get stuck and cause difficulty breathing?

a. lung

b. alveoli

c. trachea

d. diaphragm

3. A person is having trouble reabsorbing excess water from the digestive system. The first organ the doctor will most likely examine is the

a. stomach

b.esophagus

c. small intestine

d. large intestine

4. Which organ contains smooth muscle tissue?

a. liver

b. brain

c. heart

d. stomach

5. Redness and swelling may develop in the area near a wound. This reaction by the body means that white blood cells are being carried to that area by which of the following?

a. circulatory system

b. nervous system

c. muscular system

d. skeletal system

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