| Questions | 5 |
| Topics | Bones & Cartilage, Element, Force, Secondary Consumers, Somatic Nervous System |
Hard bones provide primary support for the endoskeleton while more flexible cartilage is found at the end of all bones, at the joints, and in the nose and ears. In addition to providing support and protecting bodily organs, bones also produce blood cells and store minerals like calcium.
An element is matter than cannot be separated into different types of matter by ordinary chemical methods.
Force is applied to change an object's speed or direction of motion.
Secondary consumers (carnivores) subsist mainly on primary consumers. Omnivores are secondary consumers that also eat producers. Examples are rats, fish, and chickens.
Part of the peripheral nervous system, the somatic nervous system is made up of nerve fibers that send sensory information to the central nervous system and control voluntary actions.