February 3rd, 2016 Hiroshima by: John Hersey

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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: The Endocrine System.

Level#1: There are many different kinds of endocrine glands scattered throughout the human body. Endocrine glands produce chemical substances that are released directly into the bloodstream. These chemical substances are called hormones. Hormones regulate body functions.

1. What do endocrine glands produce and where do the things that are produced go?





2. What are the chemical substances that endocrine glands produce called?





3. What do hormones do?





Level#2: There are many different kinds of endocrine glands scattered throughout the human body. Endocrine glands produce chemical substances that are released directly into the bloodstream. These chemical substances are called hormones. Hormones regulate body functions. Different endocrine glands produce different hormones. Each gland has different functions. The thyroid gland releases a hormone that controls how quickly the body uses energy. The pancreas makes a hormone that controls the amount of sugar in the blood. The endocrine system plays an important part in maintaining a healthy body.

1. What do endocrine glands produce and where are the things that they produce released?





2. What are the chemical substances that the endocrine glands produce and what do they do?





3. Give two examples of endocrine glands and what each gland does.







Level#3: There are many different kinds of endocrine glands scattered throughout the human body. Endocrine glands produce chemical substances that are released directly into the bloodstream. These chemical substances are called hormones. Hormones regulate body functions. Different endocrine glands produce different hormones. Each gland has  different functions. The thyroid gland releases a hormone that controls how quickly the body uses energy. The pancreas makes a hormone that controls the amount of sugar in the blood. The endocrine system plays an important part in maintainIng a healthy body. Hormones produced by endocrine glands help to keep the body's cells and tissues in balance. Endocrine glands accomplish this balance by making sets of hormones that have opposite effects. In this way, the two hormones balance each other's effects.

1. What do endocrine glands produce, what are they called, and what do they do?







2. Endocrine glands have different functions give two examples and what each one does.








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