Nutrient Transport in Animals
Describe how nutrients and water are transported within animals, including the role of the circulatory system in delivering nutrients from digestion
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Can your child explain how the sandwich they ate at lunch actually gets to their muscles — from the stomach into the blood and then around the body?
Describe how nutrients and water are transported within animals, including the role of the circulatory system in delivering nutrients from digestion
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- Describe how nutrients from digested food pass through the wall of the small intestine into the blood
- Explain that blood transports dissolved nutrients and water to all parts of the body
- Connect the digestive system and circulatory system as working together to deliver nourishment
“Can your child explain how the sandwich they ate at lunch actually gets to their muscles — from the stomach into the blood and then around the body?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Organisms & Life Processes
- Age range
- Ages 10–11
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