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WorksheetsMaster of the Human Body
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Goosebumps evolved to make our ancestors’ hair stand up,
To keep us warm
To make us sweat more
Making us appear more threatening to predators.
To send an emergency signal to others
Your fingernails don’t actually grow after you’re dead.
TRUE
FALSE
Humans are the only animals with chins.
TRUE
FALSE
As you breathe, most of the air is going in and out of one nostril.
TRUE
FALSE
Blood makes up about ___ percent of your total body weight.
12
20
5
8
The human nose can detect about ____ different smells.
1 million
1 trillion
100 000
1 billion
Belly buttons grow special hairs to catch lint.
TRUE
FALSE
Skin is the body’s largest organ and can comprise ___ percent of a person’s total weight.
10
5
15
20
There are certain kinds of tumors that can grow their own teeth and hair – they’re called teratomas.
TRUE
FALSE
Your tongue is made up of ____ interwoven muscle(s), similar in structure to an elephant’s trunk or an octopus’ tentacle
1
4
8
17
On a genetic level, all human beings are 92 percent identical.
TRUE
FALSE
Which muscles are the fastest of the human body?
Thighs
Heart
Fingers
Eyes
Hair grows fast—about ___ inches per year. The only thing in the body that grows faster is bone marrow.
2
4
6
8
The heart beats more than ___ times in the average human lifespan.
1 billion
2 billion
3 billion
4 billion
Which part of the body is the only one with no blood supply?
Cornea
Hair root
Bones
Tendons
The human body contains enough fat to make ___ bars of soap.
4
7
11
24
Between birth and death, the human body goes from having 300 bones, to ___.
188
206
220
242
When you blush, the inside of what part does too?
Bladder
Intestine
Stomach
Mouth
Astronauts can grow up to ___ inch(es) taller in space.
1
2
3
4
Your brain can survive for ___ minutes without oxygen.
2 to 5
5 to 10
6 to 13
10 to 15
In cases of extreme starvation, the brain will begin to eat itself.
TRUE
FALSE
When listening to music, your heartbeat will sync with the rhythm.
TRUE
FALSE
The small intestine is roughly 32 feet long.
TRUE
FALSE
One fifth (1/5) of your bones are in your feet.
TRUE
FALSE
Your left kidney is higher up than your right kidney.
TRUE
FALSE
Your ears and your nose never stop growing.
TRUE
FALSE
Women’s brains shrink during pregnancy.
TRUE
FALSE
Stomach acid can't dissolve metal
TRUE
FALSE
The average person produces enough saliva in their lifetime to fill ___.
1 residential swimming pool
1 spa
2 residential swimming pools
1 Olympic swimming pool
Humans shed about ___ particles of skin every hour.
80 000
300 000
600 000
1.2 million
Babies blink ___ times a minute, while adults average ___ times a minute.
20 / 5
10 / 5
2 / 10
5 / 12
Which human muscle is the strongest?
Jaw
Tongue
Thigh
Bicep
While awake, your brain produces enough electricity to light ___ lightbulb(s) of 10W.
1
2
3
4
In camera terms, the human eye is about ___ megapixels.
128
256
576
1040
You carry, on average, about ___ pounds of bacteria in your body.
0,5
2
4
9
Ounce for ounce, the femur is stronger than steel.
TRUE
FALSE
Messages from the human brain travel along nerves at the speed of sound.
TRUE
FALSE
There are more people in the world than there are bacteria in a human mouth.
TRUE
FALSE
Within three days of dying, the enzymes that digested a person’s food will begin to digest that person’s body.
TRUE
FALSE
A human skeleton renews itself completely every 5 years.
TRUE
FALSE
By the time a person reaches 70 years old, he or she will have consumed over ___ liters of water.
25 000
45 000
60 000
100 000
A person’s feet has about 500,000 sweat glands and can produce about _____ of sweat a day.
100 ml
250 ml
500 ml
1 liter
An average person walks about ___ in his or her lifetime.
10 000 kms
57 000 kms
112 000 kms
160 000 kms
The liver can regenerate itself.
TRUE
FALSE
Humans spend about ___ of their lives eating.
2 years
4 years
5 years
9 years
A person will eat approximately ___ of food in a lifetime
35 tons
22 tons
10 tons
3 tons
The average scalp contains about individual ___ hair.
18 000
42 000
75 000
100 000
The average person farts about ___ times a day.
5
10
15
20
The average person breathes about ___ times a day
20 000
1500
28 000
14 000
If allowed to grow for their whole lifetime, the length of someone’s hair put end to end would be about ___ kilometres.
125
250
500
725
