INSIDE OUR BODIES (1st.

grade secondary
school)
Health science for all
(Secondary School)
The human body has million of cells, each of them requires
oxygen for survival. Air, which contains oxygen, enters in the
bloodstream so it can move throughout the body, bringing fresh
oxygen to the cells and taking away waste products the cells
give off , such as carbon dioxide*

cells take
oxyxen

in the
blodstrea
m,
oxygen
takes
away
waste
products

our
bodies
expeled
it as
carbon
dioxide

The human body needs food and water to survive and to do

different tasks. (fig. 1 ) Whatever a human eats must be
processed so it can enter inside the body in a usable form. This
process, called digestion, begins in the mouth and continues in
the stomach and intestines. At the end of the digestive process,
all waste products leave the body. (fig. 2)

Fig. 1

Inside our bodies we transform protein, minerals into energy

that we call calories, so calories help us to develop our daily
tasks. (for a further view watch the following video from you
tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKaBQrFdNtw)

Fig. 2
The Human body is run by the brain, which receives and
interprets signals from the sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, skin,
and mouth), muscles and nerves, and functions during sleep.
The human body is able to move with the help of more than 600
muscles. Each bone has at least two muscles attached for this
purpose. Some muscles act when a person deliberately moves,
such as to walk, run or smile others, such as the heart function
automatically.
In conclusion we need to be in good shape and eat only healthy
food if we want to keep our bodies working properly, avoiding
all things that can make damage it.

Carbon dioxide (chemical formula CO2) is a naturally occurring chemical

compound composed of 2 oxygen atomseach covalently double bonded to a
single carbon atom. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure and exists
inEarth's atmosphere in this state, as a trace gas at a concentration of 0.04 per
cent (400 ppm) by volume, as of 2014.[1]

As part of the carbon cycle, plants, algae,

and cyanobacteria use light energy to photosynthesize carbohydrate from carbon
dioxide and water, with oxygen produced as a waste product.[2] However,
photosynthesis cannot occur in darkness and at night some carbon dioxide is produced
by plants during respiration.[3] It is produced during the respiration of all other aerobic
organisms and is exhaled in the breath of air-breathing land animals, including
humans. Carbon dioxide is produced during the processes of decay of organic
materials and the fermentation of sugars in beerand winemaking. It is produced
by combustion of wood, carbohydrates and major carbon- and hydrocarbon-rich fossil
fuels such as coal, peat, petroleum and natural gas. It is emitted from volcanoes, hot
springs and geysers and is freed from carbonate rocks by dissolution in water and
acids. CO2 is found in lakes, at depth under the sea and commingled with oil and gas
deposits.[4]
The environmental effects of carbon dioxide are of significant interest. Atmospheric
carbon dioxide is the primary source of carbon in life on Earth and its concentration in
Earth's pre-industrial atmosphere since late in the Precambrian eon was regulated
by photosynthetic organisms. Carbon dioxide is an important greenhouse gas and
burning of carbon-based fuels since the industrial revolution has rapidly increased its
concentration in the atmosphere, leading to global warming. It is also a major source
of ocean acidification since it dissolves in water to form carbonic acid

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide)