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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 are there many of that are scattered throughout the human body?
2. What are hormones?
3. What does the body use to regulate body functions?
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 the endocrine glands that are scattered throughout the human body do?
2. Describe what different endocrine glands do and what is "special" about each gland.
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 system is important in maintaining a healthy body?
2. Explain what hormones produced by the endocrine system do and how they do it.
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