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Skeletal System and DNA Quiz

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 5hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)
mandible
b)
skull
c)
scapula
d)
spine
2.
a)
rib
b)
spine
c)
scapula
d)
clavicle
3.
a)
clavicle
b)
ribs
c)
humerus
d)
ulna
4.
a)
ulna
b)
radius
c)
humerus
d)
clavicle
5.
a)
tibia
b)
femur
c)
fibula
d)
pelvis
6.
a)
metatarsals
b)
carpals
c)
tarsals
d)
metacarpals
7.
a)
tibia
b)
fibula
c)
radius
d)
calcaneus
8.
a)
metacarpals
b)
phelanges
c)
tarsals
d)
metatarsals
9.
a)
calcaneus
b)
tarsals
c)
metacarpals
d)
metatarsals
10.
a)
cranium
b)
ribs
c)
mandible
d)
vertebrae
11.
a)
ulna
b)
humerus
c)
radius 
d)
vertebrae
12.
a)
vertebrae
b)
tibia
c)
pelvis
d)
femur
13.
What is the name of the flat bone that makes up the shoulder blade?
a)
scapula
b)
stapes
c)
sternum
d)
cranium
14.
What bones make up the wrist?
a)
tarsals
b)
carpals
c)
phalanges
d)
ribs
15.
What is the scientific term for the fingers and the toes?
a)
extensors
b)
flexors
c)
phalanges
d)
metacarpals
16.
a)
metacarpals
b)
metatarsals
c)
tarsals
d)
carpals
17.
a)
pelvis
b)
tibia
c)
sternum
d)
sacrum
18.
What bones is represented in the  picture?
a)
Clavicle
b)
Scapula
c)
Sternum
d)
Carpals
19.
Also known as the kneecap
a)
Patella
b)
Tibia
c)
Fibula
d)
Femur
20.
Also known as the shin bone
a)
Femur
b)
Tibia
c)
Fibula
d)
Metatarsals
21.

How many bones make up the adult human skeleton?

a)

206

b)

306

c)

216

d)

316

22.

One function of the skeletal system is to make red blood cells. Where are red blood cells produced?

a)

Compact Bone

b)

Yellow Bone Marrow

c)

Red Bone Marrow

d)

Spongey Bone

23.

What do the rib cage and other bones provide for vital organs?

a)

Support

b)

Structure

c)

Movement

d)

Protection

24.

What is the name of a place where two bones connect?

a)

Joint

b)

Ligament

c)

Tendon

d)

Vertebrae

25.

What is the skeletal system?

a)

All the bones in the body

b)

All the muscles and tendons

c)

All the body's organs, both soft and hard tissue

d)

All the bones in the body and the tissues that connect them

26.
Why is DNA important?
a)
it is very small and very complicated
b)
it's in everything
c)
it serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
d)
because we eat it every day for energy
27.
Which organelle is DNA usually found in?
a)
cell membrane
b)
vacuole
c)
chloroplast
d)
nucleus
28.

The "backbone of DNA" is made up of?

a)

nitrogen bases

b)

sugar, nitrogen base

c)

phosphate, nitrogen base

d)

sugar, phosphate

29.
What are the 4 nitrogen bases?
a)
adenine, thymine, cytoplasm, and guanine
b)
adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine
c)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and gylcerol
d)
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and glucose
30.
Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?
a)
double helix
b)
contains ribose
c)
made of amino acids
d)
contains Uracil
31.

Which suspect matches the crime scene?

a)

Suspect 1

b)

Suspect 2

c)

Suspect 3

32.

What does CODIS Stand for?

a)

Combined DNA Index System

b)

Combined DNA Information System

c)

Covert DNA Index System

d)

Contribution DNA Index System

33.

The process of DNA Fingerprinting is based on the fact that

a)

everyone has the exact same DNA.

b)

no 2 people, except identical twins, have exactly the same DNA as someone else.

c)

most genes are dominant.

d)

None of the other answer choices are correct.