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The skeleton and the muscles

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All muscles in our body are joined to bones.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

Look at the picture. Are the BICEPS contracting or relaxing?

a)

contracting

b)

relaxing

3.

What is the job of the skull? Select all the correct statements.

a)

to put candles in

b)

supports the structure of the face

c)

to hold the teeth in our mouth

d)

protects the brain

4.

Animals that have skeletons on the outside of their body are called....

a)

endoskeletons

b)

skeletons

c)

exoskeletons

d)

weird

5.

What is the job of the ribs?

a)

they protect our rib cage

b)

they protect our heart and lungs

c)

they protect our face

d)

they protect our necks

6.

Complete the sentence. The skeleton bends at the..........

a)

knees only

b)

waist

c)

joints

d)

face

7.

When a muscle contracts....

a)

it pulls up the bone it is attached to

b)

it goes back to its normal size

c)

it gets stronger

d)

it smiles

8.

When a muscle relaxes....

a)

it pulls up the bone it is attached to

b)

it goes back to its normal size

c)

it gets stronger

d)

smiles and sighs

9.

All bones are __________.

a)

hard

b)

soft

c)

long

d)

short

10.

The bone around your brain

a)

femur

b)

skull

c)

tibia

d)

ribs

11.

What moves bones?

a)

veins

b)

lungs

c)

small intestine

d)

muscles

12.

How do you fix a broken bone?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

Muscles ____________ bones.

a)

break

b)

pull

c)

digest

d)

swallow

14.
What are muscles like?
a)
rocks
b)
rubber bands
c)
water
15.
What could you not do if you did not have muscles?
a)
move
b)
think
c)
feel
16.

What controls your muscles?

a)

brain

b)

heart

c)

lungs

d)

bones

17.

When muscles contract, they become shorter. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The heart is a special muscle that is joined to the chest bone. True or false

a)

True

b)

False

19.

There are how many numbers of bone in our body?

a)

206

b)

260

c)

365

d)

0

20.

WHICH POSTURE IS THIS

a)

CORRECT POSTURE

b)

WRONG POSTURE

c)

NONE OF THE ABOVE