February 17th, 2017 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 Skeletal System: The five jobs that bones do to help us.

Level#1

Bones have five jobs. They support your body and give it shape. They protect many organs inside your body. For example, your skull protects your brain.

1. How many jobs do bones have?





2. What do bones support and give shape to?





3. What part of the body does your skull protect?









Level#2

Bones have five jobs. They support your body and give it shape. They protect many organs inside your body. For example, your skull protects your brain. Many bones work with muscles to help you move. Some bones have soft tissue called marrow inside of them. This tissue makes blood cells.

1. What does bone marrow, contained in some bones, do for the body?





2. What do bones work with to help you to move?





3. What do bones do for many organs inside of your body, and what is an example of what they do?





4. What do bones do to allow you to not be a blob that has no shape?








Level#3

Bones have five jobs. They support your body and give it shape. They protect many organs inside your body. For example, your skull protects your brain. Many bones work with muscles to help you move. Some bones have soft tissue called marrow inside of them. This tissue makes blood cells. Bones store minerals such as calcium and phosphorus.

1. Explain what bones store within them, that the body may "borrow" when it needs to.





2. Explain what some bones make that the body needs.





3. Explain what bones do with the assistance of muscles.





4. Explain what bones do for many of the organs inside of the body, and give an example of this.







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