Skeletal Unit Quiz

Your skeleton

• supports & shapes the body

• works with muscles to help you move

• helps protect important organs

• helps makes blood

• all of the above

The set of bones inside your head that protects your brain is called ____________.

• femur

• backbone

• skull

Your ________ protect your heart and lungs.

• skull

• ribs

• femur

What mineral helps keep your bones healthy and strong?

• iron

• zinc

• calcium

What happens as you grow and change?

• your bones stay the same

• your bones get smaller

• your bones don't need calcium when you're a grown up

• your bones grow and change too

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Which activity DOES NOT help keep your bones healthy?

• eating a leafy green salad and drinking milk

• wearing a helmet and body pads

• playing sports and getting exercise

• eating junk food and staying inside

Which vital organ does your skull protect?

• Brain

• Stomach

• Heart

• Lungs

Which food below contains lots of calcium to help keep bones healthy?

• Mt. Dew

• french fries

• milk

• hamburgers

Which bone is the largest bone in the human body?

• rib

• ankle

• wrist

• femur

A human skeleton is made up of _________ bones

• 106

• 206

• 50

• 302