EAL Nexus Resource
Organs and systems
Cloze activity
© Bell Educational Trust 2016
Subject:
Science
Age group:
12 – 14, 15 - 16
Topic:
Cells, organs and life processes
EAL Nexus – free downloadable teaching materials https://eal.britishcouncil.org/
This resource was originally developed by Z. Davies and has been adapted for EAL Nexus.
Systems are made up of organs
Organs are made up of tissues
Tissues are made up of cells
tissue
organ
system
cells
muscles
heart
circulatory system
Fill in the missing words:
The _____ body is made up of many cells. The
cells in the body join together to form _______.
These tissues then join to form an _____. The
organs are parts of a ______ and they each have
an important _______.
All of the _______ work together to keep the
body _______. The human body has many _____
and _______. For example, in the human body the
_____, gullet, _______ and __________ make
up the digestive system.
Fill in the missing words
The
_____ body is made up of many cells.
The cells in the body join together to form
_______. These tissues then join to form an
_____. The organs are parts of a
______
and they each have an important
_______.
All of the _______ work together to keep the
body _______. The human body has many _____
and _______. For example, in the human body the
_____, gullet,
_______ and
__________ make up the digestive system.
Useful words for gap-filling
intestines
systems (x2)
mouth
function
stomach
healthy
organs
organ
human
tissues
system
Digestive system
mouth
gullet
stomach
intestines
Fill in the missing words: Answers
The human body is made up of many cells. The
cells in the body join together to form tissues.
These tissues then join to form an organ. The
organs are parts of a system and they each have
an important function.
All of the systems work together to keep the
body healthy. The human body has many organs
and systems. For example, in the human body the
mouth, gullet, stomach and intestines make up the
digestive system.
Image attributions
1. Muscles: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zjootsuite/2357291507 By Ton Haex, via Flikr, creative commons
permission to re-use with attribution.
2. Heart: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CoeurHumain.svg By Meul (Own work) [GFDL
(http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or FAL],
via Wikimedia Commons.
3. Digestive system: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Digestive-system-for-kids.png By Leysi24 (Own work)
[CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
4. Stomach: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stomach.png By Mikael Häggström (File:Gray1050stomach.png) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
5. Intestines: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intestine_-_sized.png By Mikael Häggström [Public domain],
via Wikimedia Commons
6. Human: https://pixabay.com/en/yoga-person-sitting-body-position-23897/ public domain via Piaxabay
7. Function: https://pixabay.com/en/gears-cogs-machine-machinery-1236578/ By MustangJoe public domain via
Pixabay
8. Mouth: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xeolhades_mouth.svg By xeolhades [CC0], via Wikimedia
Commons