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What is the largest organ in the body? |
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| What is the main job of the skin? |
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| to cover and protect the body |
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| What are the two layers of the skin? |
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| What is the outer layer of the skin? |
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| Tell 2 facts about the epidermis. |
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1) covers and protects body 2) made of living and dead cells |
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| What is the inner layer of the skin? |
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| Tell 7 facts about the dermis. |
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1) has living cells 2) thicker than epidermis 3) has hair follicles 4) has oil glands 5) has nerve endings 6) has blood vessels 7) sweat glands |
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| What is waste water and salts that leave the body through the skin? |
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perspiration (per-spir-a-tion) {sweat} |
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| coiled tube surrounded by capillaries that ends at a pore |
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What is the changing of a liquid to a gas? |
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| evaporation (e-vap-or-a-tion) |
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What does evaporation of sweat do? |
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it cools off your body (it removes heat from your body) |
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