7Aa

Human organs

Name ______________________

Class _______________

Match up the picture of the organ with its name and its job. One of these has been done for
you.
picture

name

job

lungs

controls the
body

brain

for breathing

liver

pumps blood

heart

makes and
destroys
substances

intestines

stomach

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stores and
breaks up food

digest and
absorb food
and water

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7Aa

Organ parts

Name ______________________ Class _______________

1

Across
2

The job of the heart is to

p _ _ _ blood around the

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body.

The heart is made up of

different
t _ _ _ _ _ _.
4

The heart has some

n _ _ _ _ tissue in it.

Down
1

The heart is made up of

nerve, fat and
m _ _ _ _ _ tissue.

Three organs carry water in plants. They are

A ____________
B ____________
C ____________

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Draw arrows from the plant to

the correct label.

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Complete the sentence;

We use a microscope to make objects look (bigger/smaller).

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7Ab Building a life

Name ______________________ Class _______________
Label an name the parts of cells
Animal cell

Plant cell
Lets things in and out

glue
Controls the cell
glue
Jelly-like substance
glue
Storage space
glue
Helps to make food
glue
Supports the cell
glue

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Shaped for the job

Name ______________________

Class _______________

Cells are different shapes because they do different jobs.

Match up the picture with the name of the cell and its job.
glue

cell

name

job

muscle cell

strands wave
about to move
things

root hair cell

it can change
length

cell with cilia

it takes water
from the soil

palisade leaf
cell

it carries
messages

nerve cell

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it has lots of
chloroplasts to
help the plant
make food

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7Ad All systems go

Name ______________________ Class _______________
Cells of the same type are grouped together to form tissues.
Fill in the gaps using words from the box.
1

The two tissues in the heart are

__ __ __ __ __ __ tissue and __ __ __ __ __ tissue.

The heart is part of the

c __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ s __ __ __ __ __

circulatory
3

muscle

nerve

system

Cut out the boxes below the dotted line. Stick them in the boxes a, b and c below. They
should start with the smallest and end with the largest.
a

smallest

largest

Muscle cell

Heart organ

One muscle cell

An organ is made from

tissues working
together.

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Muscle tissue

A group of muscle cells

working together.

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Cell division

7Ad

Name ______________________
1

Class _______________

Is it living?
Complete the questions that we would ask to see if something was a living thing. Use the
words form the box.

energy

excrete

grow

move

nutrition

reproduce

sense

Does it need
n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?

Can it m _ _ _ ?
Can it
e _ _ _ _ _ _ to get rid of
waste substances?

Can it
r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
Can it respire using food
and oxygen for
e _ _ _ _ _?

Can it s _ _ _ _ what is
happening and react?

Can it g _ _ _ ?

2
.

For whole plants and animals to get bigger, they need to make more _______________
l

Plants and animals make more cells by cell _____________ .

d

v
gss

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