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SCIENCE 301
YOU GROW AND CHANGE
Introduction |3

1. Your Body Breathes Air.................................. 4

The Air Comes into Your Body |6
The Air Goes to the Lungs |8
The Body Needs Oxygen |12
The Body Gives off Carbon Dioxide |14
Self Test 1 |16

2. Your Body Digests Food...............................18

Food Comes into the Mouth |20
Food Goes to the Stomach |21
Food Is Ready for the Body |23
Self Test 2 |25

3. Your Body Exercises and Rests..................27

The Muscles Work Hard |28
The Bones Are Important |34
The Body Rests |36
Self Test 3 |38

4. Your Body Is Different from an Animal....40

Your Conscience |41
Your Spirit |42
Your Mind |43
Your Growth |44
Self Test 4 |47

LIFEPAC Test |Pull-out

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Author:
Zella Mary Osborn

Editor:
Richard W. Wheeler, M.A.Ed.

Consulting Editor:
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YOU GROW AND

CHANGE
Hello! In this LIFEPAC® you are going to learn about your body.
God shows His love by giving you a body that lives and grows in a
wonderful way. You will learn how your body digests food. You will
find out how you breathe. You will read about exercise and rest.
You will learn how you are the same as an animal and how you are
different. You will learn how to measure your growth.

Objectives
Read these objectives. The objectives tell you what you will be able to do
when you have finished this LIFEPAC.
1. You will be able to tell how your body breathes air.
2. You will be able to tell how your body digests food.
3. You will be able to tell why exercise is important to your body.
4. You will be able to tell why rest is important to your body.
5. You will be able to tell how you are different from an animal.

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1. YOUR BODY BREATHES

AIR
Did you know that you are living on the bottom of an ocean of air? Air
is made up of gases. Air is mostly oxygen and nitrogen.

Air was created by God on the second day. God spoke and caused the
air to surround the world. God knew that all the living things that He
was going to create would need air. God made it possible for each
living thing to be able to breathe air.

Vocabulary
Study these new words. Learning the meanings of these words is a good
study habit and will improve your understanding of this LIFEPAC.
blood (blŭd). The red liquid inside the body.
breathe (brēŦH). To force air in and out of the lungs.
carbon dioxide (kär’ b n dī ŏk’ sīd). The gas exhaled from the lungs.
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create (krē āt’). To make for the first time.
digest (dī jĕst’). To change food so the body can use it.
exhale (ĕks hāl’). To breathe out.
inhale (ĭn hāl’). To breathe in.
lungs (lŭngz). The organ in the body that takes in air while breathing.
nitrogen (nī’ tr j n). A gas that is part of the air you breathe.
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nostrils (nŏs’ tr lz). The openings in the nose.
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oxygen (ŏk’ sĭ j n). A gas that is part of the air you breathe.
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scientist (sī n tĭst). A person who studies science.
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trachea (trā’ kē ). The windpipe where air is carried from the throat to the
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lungs.
tube (tōōb). A pipe-shaped object.

Special Words
Joseph Priestley
Note: All vocabulary words in this LIFEPAC appear in boldface print the first time they are used. If you
are unsure of the meaning when you are reading, study the definitions given.

Pronunciation Key: hat, āge, cãre, fär; let, ēqual, tėrm; it, īce; hot, ōpen, ôrder; oil; out; cup, pu·t, rüle; child;
long; thin; /ŦH/ for then; /zh/ for measure; /u/ or / / represents /a/ in about, /e/ in taken, /i/ in pencil, /o/ in
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lemon, and /u/ in circus.

Ask your teacher to say these words with you.

Teacher check:
Initials ______________________ Date _____________________

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The Air Comes into Your Body

How do you breathe air? Close your
mouth and take in air through your
nostrils. When you take in air, you
inhale.
When you let the air back out, you
exhale. When you are inhaling and
exhaling, you are breathing.
You inhale to breathe in oxygen.
Your body must have oxygen.
Inhaling is the way your body gets | When you breathe, you inhale and
oxygen from the air. exhale.
When you exhale, you get rid of
carbon dioxide. Too much carbon dioxide in your body is harmful.

FIND YOUR RATE OF

BREATHING
You will need this thing:
a clock with a second hand (Your classroom wall clock probably
has a second hand.)

Follow these directions. Put a check in the box when you do each
step.
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1. Watch the clock and count the times you breathe in one minute.
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2. Write down the number of times you breathed in one minute.
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3. Run in place for thirty seconds.
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4. Watch the clock and count the times you breathed in one minute.
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5. Write down the number of times you breathed in one minute.
Did you breathe more times in a minute after you ran in place?
 Yes  No
When you were running in place, your body was using up its oxygen
faster. When you stopped running, you had to breathe more often to get
oxygen back in your body.

Answer the questions. Use complete sentences.

1.1 Why do you think people say that someone is “out of breath” after
the person has been running or exercising?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
1.2 Your body needs to breathe in oxygen. Why do you think it is hard on
you and harmful to hold your breath for too long a time?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

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The Air Goes to the Lungs

It is important to breathe in through
your nostrils. Inside your nostrils
many tiny hairs grow. These little
hairs help keep dust and germs out
of your body.
Under the skin inside your nose are
many tiny tubes that carry warm
blood through your nose. As the air
goes over these warm tubes, it is
heated.
Then the air travels down a tube
called the trachea. The air goes into
your lungs. Your body has two lungs.
The lungs take the oxygen from the
air you breathe. The oxygen goes
from the lungs into the blood. The
blood takes the oxygen to all parts of | The parts we use to breathe
your body.
When you were born, your mother listened carefully to hear your first cry.
How happy she was to hear it! Do you know why? When you cried, she knew
that your lungs had opened up to take in air. You could breathe for yourself!
You will always have air in your lungs. Even when you exhale, or breathe out,
you will have air in your lungs. Without air in your lungs you would not live.
Take a deep breath. Close your mouth and take in air through your nose.
Now let the air come out of your lungs.

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Write the answer in the blank using the correct word. Use the
following words.
air hairs warm
blood lungs trachea

1.3 No living thing can live without _______________ .

1.4 God made you so that you could use His gift of air by giving you a
nose, trachea, and _______________ .
1.5 You should breathe through your nostrils so that the little
_______________ in the nostrils will keep dust and germs from going
into the lungs.
1.6 The oxygen from the air in your lungs is picked up and carried to all
parts of the body by the _______________ .
1.7 The many tiny tubes carrying blood through the inside of your nose
_______________ the air before it goes into your lungs.
1.8 The tube that carries air into your lungs is called the
_______________ .

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Study the picture.

1.9 Write the words from the NOSTRILS
picture that go in the blanks.
a. The openings in your
nose shown in the
picture are called TRACHEA

_______________ .
RIGHT LUNG LEFT LUNG
b. The tube that goes
to your lungs is the
_______________ .
c. How many lungs do you
HEART
have? ______________

Breathe in and out through your

nostrils again. Do you think it is easy?
Even in your sleep you breathe. Your
body keeps on working all the time.
Inside of you many parts of your
body work together to keep you well
and make you grow.

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DISCOVER THAT AIR

FILLS SPACE
You will need this thing:
a sponge

Follow these directions. Put a check in the box when you do each
step.
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1 . Take a sponge.
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2. Close your hand.
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3. Open your hand.

Answer the questions.

1.10 What happened when you closed your hand around the sponge?
__________________________________________________________
1.11 What happened when you opened the hand that held the
sponge? __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
1.12 Did air fill the sponge? ______________________________________

Follow these directions. Put a check in the box when you do each
step.
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1. Put your hands on your chest with your fingers touching.
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2. Breathe in deeply.
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Answer these questions.

1.13 When you breathed in, did your fingers move apart?
_______________________________
1.14 Why do you think they moved?_______________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
1.15 Did air fill your lungs?_______________________________________

The Body Needs Oxygen

Joseph Priestley was a scientist. Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen. He put
a lighted candle in a glass jar. He covered the jar. The flame of the candle
went out.
Next, he put a mouse in a jar with a lighted candle. He covered the jar. The
candle flame went out, and the mouse died.
The scientist thought, “The candle and the mouse needed the same gas.”
“What spoiled the air?” he wondered.
He tried something else. He placed a small growing plant in a glass jar. He
covered the jar. After ten days, the plant was still alive!
Next, Joseph Priestley put a mouse
in with the plant and covered the
jar. Both the mouse and the plant
stayed alive!
He had to be sure. He took the plant
from the jar and left the mouse. The
mouse died. His thoughts were right.
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The animals and the lighted candle

both needed the same gas. What
was that gas? It was oxygen.
In your studies about plants, you
learned that plants gave off oxygen.
The mouse needed oxygen from the
plant.
You may ask, “Would it be better if
| Statue of Joseph Priestley
all the air were oxygen?”
Another scientist did an experiment. He put a live mouse in the bottom of a
bottle of pure oxygen. Do you know what happened?
It made the mouse so lively that he soon was tired. You need nitrogen in the
air to make the oxygen weaker.

Answer each statement yes or no.

1.16 All living creatures need oxygen. _________________
1.17 It is better to breathe through your mouth. ________
1.18 The blood is always moving to all parts of the body.
_________________
1.19 Joseph Priestley found out about oxygen. __________
1.20 Your lungs are something like a sponge. ____________

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The Body Gives off Carbon

Dioxide
Your blood is always moving. The blood takes
oxygen to all parts of your body. When the
blood takes the air back to the lungs, the air has
changed. There is a lot more carbon dioxide
in that air. This air goes from the lungs to the
trachea. It goes up the trachea and out through
the nostrils. We breathe out carbon dioxide.

Write the answers to the questions. Use complete sentences.

1.21 What does inhale mean?_______________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
1.22 What does exhale mean?______________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
1.23 What gas is taken from air that is inhaled?________________________
_____________________________________________________________
1.24 What gas is exhaled?__________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

Complete the puzzle.

1.25 Finish the puzzle by using the words in the box. Use the puzzle clues
on page 15.

lungs oxygen nostrils nitrogen
create trachea carbon dioxide

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6 4

Down Across
1. The tube that carries oxygen to 5. The gas that is mixed with oxygen
the lungs in the air we breathe
2. To make 6. The air we breathe out from our
3. The part of our body that takes lungs (two words)
in oxygen and gives out carbon 7. Openings in the nose
dioxide
4. The gas that our lungs take from
the air

Teacher check:
Initials ______________________ Date _____________________

For this Self Test, study what you have read and done. The Self
Test will check what you remember.

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SELF TEST 1
Each answer = 1 point

Fill in the circle in front of the answer that best finishes the sentence.
1.01 The part of the body that takes in oxygen and gives out carbon
dioxide is the ______________ .
¡ foot ¡ lungs ¡ eyes
1.02 The gas that the lungs take from the air is ________ .
¡ oxygen ¡ carbon dioxide ¡ nitrogen
1.03 The gas that is breathed out of the lungs is _______ .
¡ oxygen ¡ carbon dioxide ¡ nitrogen
1.04 The small amount of gas that is mixed with oxygen in breathing is
_______ .
¡ oxygen ¡ carbon dioxide ¡ nitrogen
1.05 The openings in the nose are _______ .
¡ holes ¡ nose holes ¡ nostrils
1.06 The tube that carries the carbon dioxide from the lungs out through
the nostrils is the _______ .
¡ air tube ¡ trachea ¡ gas pipe
1.07 The man who found out about oxygen was _______ .
¡ Jacob Ministerly ¡ Joseph Priestley ¡ Jose Pastorly
1.08 Blood takes oxygen to all parts of the _______ .
¡ body ¡ toe ¡ house
1.09 All living things need _______ .
¡ a new car ¡ to study ¡ oxygen
1.010 It is better to breathe through the _______ .
¡ mouth ¡ skin ¡ nose

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Match the words.

a. number of lungs b. man who studies life
c. breathing in d. air becomes this before going
e. breathing out into lungs
f. lungs are like this g. cleans the air in nose

1.011 ������������� hairs

1.012 ������������� inhale
1.013 ������������� exhale
1.014 ������������� warm
1.015 ������������� two
1.016 ������������� sponge
1.017 ������������� scientist

Write the names of the body

parts that are marked.

a. ________________________
b. ________________________
c. ________________________

Teacher check: Initials ____________ 16

Score ______________________ Date ____________ 20

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