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Master of the Human Body

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Goosebumps evolved to make our ancestors’ hair stand up,

a)

To keep us warm

b)

To make us sweat more

c)

Making us appear more threatening to predators.

d)

To send an emergency signal to others

2.

Your fingernails don’t actually grow after you’re dead.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Humans are the only animals with chins.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

As you breathe, most of the air is going in and out of one nostril.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

Blood makes up about ___ percent of your total body weight.

a)

12

b)

20

c)

5

d)

8

6.

The human nose can detect about ____ different smells.

a)

1 million

b)

1 trillion

c)

100 000

d)

1 billion

7.

Belly buttons grow special hairs to catch lint.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

Skin is the body’s largest organ and can comprise ___ percent of a person’s total weight.

a)

10

b)

5

c)

15

d)

20

9.

There are certain kinds of tumors that can grow their own teeth and hair – they’re called teratomas.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

Your tongue is made up of ____ interwoven muscle(s), similar in structure to an elephant’s trunk or an octopus’ tentacle

a)

1

b)

4

c)

8

d)

17

11.

On a genetic level, all human beings are 92 percent identical.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

Which muscles are the fastest of the human body?

a)

Thighs

b)

Heart

c)

Fingers

d)

Eyes

13.

Hair grows fast—about ___ inches per year. The only thing in the body that grows faster is bone marrow.

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

14.

The heart beats more than ___ times in the average human lifespan.

a)

1 billion

b)

2 billion

c)

3 billion

d)

4 billion

15.

Which part of the body is the only one with no blood supply?

a)

Cornea

b)

Hair root

c)

Bones

d)

Tendons

16.

The human body contains enough fat to make ___ bars of soap.

a)

4

b)

7

c)

11

d)

24

17.

Between birth and death, the human body goes from having 300 bones, to ___.

a)

188

b)

206

c)

220

d)

242

18.

When you blush, the inside of what part does too?

a)

Bladder

b)

Intestine

c)

Stomach

d)

Mouth

19.

Astronauts can grow up to ___ inch(es) taller in space.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

20.

Your brain can survive for ___ minutes without oxygen.

a)

2 to 5

b)

5 to 10

c)

6 to 13

d)

10 to 15

21.

In cases of extreme starvation, the brain will begin to eat itself.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

22.

When listening to music, your heartbeat will sync with the rhythm.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

23.

The small intestine is roughly 32 feet long.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

24.

One fifth (1/5) of your bones are in your feet.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

25.

Your left kidney is higher up than your right kidney.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

26.

Your ears and your nose never stop growing.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

27.

Women’s brains shrink during pregnancy.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

28.

Stomach acid can't dissolve metal

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

29.

The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill ___.

a)

1 residential swimming pool

b)

1 spa

c)

2 residential swimming pools

d)

1 Olympic swimming pool

30.

Humans shed about ___ particles of skin every hour.

a)

80 000

b)

300 000

c)

600 000

d)

1.2 million

31.

Babies blink ___ times a minute, while adults average ___ times a minute.

a)

20 / 5

b)

10 / 5

c)

2 / 10

d)

5 / 12

32.

Which human muscle is the strongest?

a)

Jaw

b)

Tongue

c)

Thigh

d)

Bicep

33.

While awake, your brain produces enough electricity to light ___ lightbulb(s) of 10W.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

34.

In camera terms, the human eye is about ___ megapixels.

a)

128

b)

256

c)

576

d)

1040

35.

You carry, on average, about ___ pounds of bacteria in your body.

a)

0,5

b)

2

c)

4

d)

9

36.

Ounce for ounce, the femur is stronger than steel.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

37.

Messages from the human brain travel along nerves at the speed of sound.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

38.

There are more people in the world than there are bacteria in a human mouth.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

39.

Within three days of dying, the enzymes that digested a person’s food will begin to digest that person’s body.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

40.

A human skeleton renews itself completely every 5 years.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

41.

By the time a person reaches 70 years old, he or she will have consumed over ___ liters of water.

a)

25 000

b)

45 000

c)

60 000

d)

100 000

42.

A person’s feet has about 500,000 sweat glands and can produce about _____ of sweat a day.

a)

100 ml

b)

250 ml

c)

500 ml

d)

1 liter

43.

An average person walks about ___ in his or her lifetime.

a)

10 000 kms

b)

57 000 kms

c)

112 000 kms

d)

160 000 kms

44.

The liver can regenerate itself.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

45.

Humans spend about ___ of their lives eating.

a)

2 years

b)

4 years

c)

5 years

d)

9 years

46.

A person will eat approximately ___ of food in a lifetime

a)

35 tons

b)

22 tons

c)

10 tons

d)

3 tons

47.

The average scalp contains about individual ___ hair.

a)

18 000

b)

42 000

c)

75 000

d)

100 000

48.

The average person farts about ___ times a day.

a)

5

b)

10

c)

15

d)

20

49.

The average person breathes about ___ times a day

a)

20 000

b)

1500

c)

28 000

d)

14 000

50.

If allowed to grow for their whole lifetime, the length of someone’s hair put end to end would be about ___ kilometres.

a)

125

b)

250

c)

500

d)

725