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4th Grade Motor Skills

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a motor skill?

a)

movement of your body

b)

standing still

c)

balancing

2.

What is a locomotor skill?

a)

movement of the body that keeps you in the same space

b)

movement of the body that makes you move from space to space

3.

What is a non-locomotor skill?

a)

movement of the body that makes you move from space to space

b)

movement of the body that keeps you in the same space

4.

Running is an example of a.....

a)

locomotor skill

b)

non-locomotor skill

c)

fine motor skill

5.

Bending down to touch your toes is an example of a ...

a)

locomotor skill

b)

non-locomotor skill

c)

fine motor skill

6.

Keeping your body in a study and upright position so you do not fall is the definition of which vocabulary word?

a)

balance

b)

sitting

c)

running

7.

This type of balance is the ability to maintain balance when your body is upright and standing still.

a)

dynamic

b)

static

8.

This type of balance is the ability to maintain balance when your body is in motion.

a)

static

b)

dynamic

9.

True or False: Static balance is also called stationary balance.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

Dynamic balance is also called moving balance.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Why is it important to practice both static and dynamic balance?

Choose all correct answers.

a)

it can help to prevent injury

b)

it is not important

c)

it can help with coordination

12.

Hopping is a...

a)

locomotor skill

b)

non-locomotor skill

c)

fine motor skill

13.

Leaping is a ...

a)

locomotor skill

b)

non-locomotor skill

c)

fine motor skill

14.

Twisting is a ...

a)

locomotor skill

b)

non-locomotor skill

c)

fine motor skill