Teyr - Science

A __________ is an animal that mostly eats meat.

Answer explanation

A carnivore is an animal that mostly eats other animals. This is as opposed to herbivores, which only eat plants, and omnivores, which eat a bit of everything.

What is the human skeleton for?

Answer explanation

The skeleton is the central structure of the body and is made up of bones, joints and cartilage. The skeleton provides the framework for muscles and gives the body its defined human shape.

Pick the four human bones!

• famal, ulna, tubua, femur

• tibia, femur, ulna, fibula

• tiber, femar, ulny, folua

• tibia, famular, ulne, fibbulaa

Answer explanation

Tibia and fibula are the two long bones located in the lower leg. The tibia is a larger bone on the inside, and the fibula is a smaller bone on the outside.

The femur is your thigh bone. It's the longest, strongest bone in your body.

The ulna is the longest, thinnest bone of the forearm.

What is the difference between an omnivore and a herbivore?

Answer explanation

A herbivore only feeds on plants. It can be an animal, fish, insect, and even a predatory plant. They have special anatomy in order to process this diet!

Omnivores - animals that eat both plants and other animals - are spread across nearly every continent of the world and different animal groups.

Can you name the different food groups?

Answer explanation

There are five food groups:

Fruit and vegetables

Carbohydrates

Proteins

Dairy

Fats and oils

Find the correct word to match the definition! The _______ is the part of the skull that covers the brain.

• ribcage

• cranium

• ulna

• femur

Answer explanation

The cranium or skull is made up of cranial bones (bones that surround and protect the brain) and facial bones (bones that form the eye sockets, nose, cheeks, jaw, and other parts of the face).