Blood is created in bone marrow and is made up of cells suspended in liquid plasma. Red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight infection, and platelets are cell fragments that allow blood to clot.

Like the respiratory system, the circulatory system serves to transport oxygen throughout the body while removing carbon dioxide. In addition, the circulatory system transports nutrients from the digestive system.

An element is matter than cannot be separated into different types of matter by ordinary chemical methods.

A neutron is a subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom. It is neutral as it carries no electric charge.

The narrowest classification of life, species, contains organisms that are so similar that they can only reproduce with others of the same species.