This 5th grade human body systems check runs two pages, with an answer key on page 3. Part 1 asks students to name the system for six organs: lungs, brain, stomach, femur, heart and biceps. Part 2 has five multiple choice questions with three options each, on digestion, the job of the skeletal system, the brain, bending an arm and what blood vessels carry. Part 3 is one short answer on how the respiratory and circulatory systems work together.
“Match organs to the body system they belong to.”
Part 1, six organs.
“State the main job of a body system.”
Part 2 question 1 on digestion and question 2 on the skeletal system.
“Explain how two body systems work together.”
Question 4 on bending an arm, and the short answer in Part 3.
A word bank of six systems sits above six organs, each with a dotted line. Students write the system name beside lungs, brain, stomach, femur, heart and biceps.
Five questions with three answers each. Question 4 asks which two systems let you bend your arm and walk, and question 5 asks what blood vessels carry to the cells.
Four lines for explaining how the respiratory and circulatory systems work together to keep the body alive.
The six matches and five letters, then a sample paragraph about oxygen reaching the cells and carbon dioxide returning to the lungs.
End of unit
Give it after the unit as a short check. Six matches, five choices and one written answer take most students about 15 minutes.
Watch item 5
The heart is a muscle, so some students write muscular. Tell them each system is used once and the heart goes with circulatory.
Read the short answer
Look for oxygen going into the lungs and being carried by the blood, and for carbon dioxide coming back. A student who has only one half needs a second look at the diagram.
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