Moving and Growing

How many bones are there in an adult human body?

• 16

• 109

• 206

• 48

True or False? The function of the rib is to protect the brain.

• True

• False

True or False? The femur is the strongest bone in human body.

• True

• False

Check ALL of the answers that are true. The skeleton helps us survive by helping us with...

• Protection

• Breaking down food

• Sleep

• Movement

• Support

Bones are

• Living tissues

• Not able to bend on their own

• Found inside the body

• All of the above

What is the function of the vertebra (also called the backbone or the spine)?

• Protects the inside of the body

• Helps the body move

• Supports the body and keeps it straight

True of False? If we did not have a skeleton, we would not survive.

• True

• False

Muscles work together in pairs.

• True

• False

An animal with a backbone is called

• Invertebrate

• Spine

• Backbone

• Vertebrate

Which of the animals below have its skeleton on the outside (exo-skeleton)?

• Crab

• Tuna

• Camel

• Falcon