15.7.1 Excretory System Webquest

15.7.1 Excretory System Webquest

Please visit the following websites and answer the questions.

  Website #1:

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002312/ExcretoryReport.htm

The excretory system is the group of organs that get rid of cell wastes. 

kidneys are the most important organs in this system.  Kidneys are about the size fist.  Small blood vessels with cell wastes goes into your kidneys through arteries.  On the inside of your kidneys the blood flows through small blood vessels until it reaches the capillaries.  Wastes from blood goes through thin walls in a capillary into very little tubes.  The tubes take away some salts, nitrogen wastes, and extra water from the blood.  Your blood forty times a day.   The wastes form a liquid called urine.

WEBSITE #2: 

http://www.spacesciencegroup.org/sootw/default.asp?theme=humanbody&pagename=kidneys

The kidneys are like a very complicated machine

To work properly your kidneys need plenty of water. TRUE or FALSE

True

What is the reason why people feel soreness in their lower backs? Your kidneys are in your lower back.

What does someone have to do if their kidneys STOP WORKING? We need to over go dialysis or have a kidney transplant.

WEBSITE #3: 

http://www.davita.com/kidney-disease/dialysis/the-basics

click on Animated learning module about dialysis

1.     What is dialysis?

- 1.The separation of particles in a liquid on the basis of differences in their ability to pass through a membrane

2.     What are some benefits of dialysis?

- Some benefits to dialysis is you could work it into your life style. And it is good because your kidneys would be working and you wont have to worry about them stopping

WEBSITE #4:

DIRECTIONS: Go to the following web address and answer the questions as fully as possible with complete sentences.

http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=54037&cat_id=20607#

Describe your kidneys. (size, location, shape etc.)

Your...