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Skeletal system

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is our skeleton made up of?
a)
Bones
b)
Intestines
c)
Lungs
d)
Heart
2.
How many bones are in the adult human body?
a)
200
b)
206
c)
205
d)
204
3.
What does our skeleton help us do?
a)
Move
b)
Think
c)
Sleep
d)
None of these
4.

What are the main functions of the skeleton?

a)

Protection

b)

Body Shape

c)

Movement

d)

All Of These

5.

No movement would occur without the skeletal system.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

What's a skeleton?

6.
What mineral are bones made of?
a)
Vitamin C
b)
Calcium
c)
Zinc
d)
Vitamin B
7.

What food contain Calcium that helps our bones?

a)

Milk

b)

Oranges

c)

Mountain Dew

d)

Celery

8.

Bones are living things.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Bones can grow back together if they get broken.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which is not a function of the skeletal system?

a)

shape and support

b)

movement

c)

protection

d)

gas exchange

11.

Which system is responsible for creating red blood cells?

a)

skeletal

b)

muscular

c)

respiratory

d)

nervous

12.

Which of the following best describes the job of the skeletal system?

a)

Gives shape and support to the body.

b)

Sends messages from the stomach to the brain.

c)

Brings in and breaks down all nutrients for the body

13.

Which of the following is not a function of bones?

a)

Protection

b)

Blood cell formation

c)

Storage

d)

Absorption

14.
Your skeletal system is in charge of making your blood and giving you shape.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
The ribs protect your...
a)
heart
b)
lungs
c)
liver
d)
all of the above
16.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Skull (Cranium)

b)

Mandible

c)

Femur

d)

Scapula

17.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Ribs

b)

Cranium

c)

Clavicle

d)

Femur

18.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Vertebrae

b)

Femur

c)

Cranium

d)

Ribs

19.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Femur

b)

Cranium

c)

Ribs

d)

Skull

20.

What is the longest and strongest bone in the body?

a)

skull

b)

vertebrae

c)

femur

d)

ribs

21.

What is the purpose of the rib cage?

a)

Helps us to think

b)

make blood for the body

c)

Protects our brain

d)

Protects our vital organs like heart and lungs

22.

Which set of bones is in your back and holds up your body?

a)

skull

b)

spine

c)

joint

d)

arm

23.

The smallest bone in your body is inside your ear. Which is the biggest bone?

a)

a rib in your ribcage

b)

the thighbone in your leg

c)

the jawbone in your skull

d)

a wrist bone in your wrist

24.
What is the name of the collar bone?
a)
Clavicle
b)
Scapular
c)
Sternum
d)
Xiphoid
25.
Name the bone located at number  8.
a)
Humerus
b)
Radius
c)
Fibula
d)
Tibia
26.

Identify the skeletal bone in the picture that is highlighted green and blue; also known as the breastbone

a)

clavilce

b)

Sternum

c)

Rib Cage

d)

verterbrae

27.

Identify the skeletal bone in the picture highlighted green

a)

fibula

b)

femur

c)

tibia

d)

phalanges

28.

Identify the skeletal bone in the picture highlighted blue

a)

mandible

b)

humerus

c)

cranium

d)

femur

29.

Identify the bone colored red

a)

ribs

b)

phalanges

c)

patella

d)

humerus

30.

Identify the skeletal bone in the picture highlighted in green; cartilage surrounds this bone to act as a shock absorber

a)

femur

b)

mandible

c)

humerus

d)

patella

31.

Identify the skeletal bone in the picture highlighted in red

a)

sternum

b)

ribs

c)

femur

d)

vertebrae

32.

What bone is also known as your shoulder blade?

a)

Sternum

b)

Scapula

c)

Thorax

d)

Vertebrae

33.

What bone is also known as your collar bone and links the sternum?

a)

scapula

b)

vertebrae

c)

humerus

d)

clavicle

34.
What is another name for the kneecap?
a)
Patella
b)
Tibia
c)
Fibia
d)
scapula
35.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Radius

b)

Ulna

c)

Humerus

d)

Carpals

36.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Radius

b)

Ulna

c)

Humerus

d)

Carpals

37.

Humerus

a)

10

b)

2

c)

3

d)

7

38.

Ulna

a)

2

b)

10

c)

3

d)

5

39.

Fibula

a)

8

b)

11

c)

9

d)

5

40.

What is the largest bone in the body?

a)

scapula

b)

humerus

c)

femur

d)

carilage

41.

Where would you find the humerus?

a)

head

b)

leg

c)

arm

d)

knee

42.

What is hydro?

a)

water

b)

wind

c)

nuclear

d)

gas

43.

What place in the world has the most hydroelectric energy

a)

China

b)

Europe

c)

America

d)

Africa

44.

What is Hydro electric power

a)

Power made from fire

b)

Power made from wind

c)

Power made from water

d)

Power made from the sun

45.

True or False

Hydroelectricity is renewable

a)

True

b)

False

46.

What happens when water flows through a dam?

a)

The water evaporates.

b)

The water turns a turbine.

c)

The water is pumped back up.

d)

The water creates sparks making electricity.

47.

What is the job of a turbine?

a)

When it spins, it makes sparks causing electricity.

b)

It moves the energy from the flow of water to a generator.

c)

It slows down the speed of the water to keep it at a steady pace.

d)

It controls the water so it can be pumped back up the dam.

48.

What do you call the area where water is stored behind a dam?

a)

reservoir

b)

generator

c)

refuge

d)

turbine

49.

Non Magnetic Material is ____________________

a)

Cobalt

b)

Nickel

c)

Iron

d)

Aluminum

50.

If you cut a bar magnet in half, it forms 4 poles

a)

2 poles

b)

4 poles

c)

8 poles

d)

6 poles

51.

The North end of the freely suspended magnet points towards?

a)

Geographical West

b)

Geographical East

c)

Geographical North

d)

Geographical South

52.

Magnetic power is more in the middle of bar magnets.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

Like poles _____________each other, while unlike poles_______ each other.

(a)  

54.

Natural magnets were discovered in Greece

a)

True

b)

False

55.

Choose the right name of the magnet below.

a)

Cylinder magnet

b)

Bar magnet

c)

Horseshoe magnet

d)

Ring magnet

56.

Choose the right name of the magnet below.

a)

Cylinder magnet

b)

Bar magnet

c)

Horseshoe magnet

d)

Button magnet

57.

Choose the right name of the magnet below.

a)

Cylinder magnet

b)

Bar magnet

c)

Horseshoe magnet

d)

Button magnet

58.

Choose the right name of the magnet below.

a)

Ring magnet

b)

U-shaped magnet

c)

Horseshoe magnet

d)

Button magnet

59.

Choose the object that can be attracted to magnets.

a)

nail

b)

book

c)

rubber

d)

matchstick

60.

The strongest parts of the magnet are ...

a)

fronts

b)

backs

c)

poles

d)

middle

61.

Like magnetic poles push each other away

a)

true

b)

false

62.

Which direction does a compass always point?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

63.

The middle of the magnet is the ________________ point.

a)

hottest

b)

coldest

c)

weakest

d)

strongest

64.

A magnet can attract all metals.

a)

True

b)

False

65.

A magnet is strongest at its poles.

a)

True

b)

False

66.

A magnet can attract or repel another magnet from a

distance.

a)

True

b)

False

67.

Name this magnet

a)

Rod Magnet

b)

Horseshoe maget

c)

Button magnet

d)

Ring magnet