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Skeleton and muscles

3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.4-LS1-1 · England: KS2 Y3 Animals, including humans

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Question 1
Which part of the skeleton has the ring around it?
- A. leg bones
- B. skull
- C. pelvis
- D. spine (backbone)
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Question 2
Skeleton and muscles: which statement is true?
- A. Babies and adults have exactly the same number of bones.
- B. The spine (backbone) protects the spinal cord.
- C. Muscles can push bones as well as pull them.
- D. Bones are dead, like rocks.
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Question 3
Which bones protect the brain?
- A. the skull
- B. the leg bones
- C. the pelvis
- D. the ribs
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Question 4
Which part of the skeleton has the ring around it?
- A. leg bones
- B. pelvis
- C. ribcage
- D. spine (backbone)
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Question 5
Skeleton and muscles: which statement is true?
- A. An adult human skeleton has about 206 bones.
- B. Bones are dead, like rocks.
- C. Babies and adults have exactly the same number of bones.
- D. Muscles can push bones as well as pull them.
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Question 6
What are the three main jobs of the skeleton?
- A. digestion, breathing and seeing
- B. making food from sunlight
- C. support, protection and movement
- D. keeping warm and cooling down only
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Question 7
Which part of the skeleton has the ring around it?
- A. leg bones
- B. ribcage
- C. pelvis
- D. skull
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Question 8
Skeleton and muscles: which statement is true?
- A. Bones are dead, like rocks.
- B. Muscles can push bones as well as pull them.
- C. Babies and adults have exactly the same number of bones.
- D. Bones are living tissue and can heal when broken.
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Question 9
How do muscles move bones?
- A. by contracting (getting shorter) and pulling on them
- B. by growing longer
- C. by pushing them
- D. by melting
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Question 10
Which part of the skeleton has the ring around it?
- A. spine (backbone)
- B. pelvis
- C. ribcage
- D. skull
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Question 11
Skeleton and muscles: which statement is true?
- A. Babies and adults have exactly the same number of bones.
- B. Muscles can push bones as well as pull them.
- C. Calcium helps keep bones strong.
- D. Bones are dead, like rocks.
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Question 12
Which bones protect the heart and lungs?
- A. the toes
- B. the skull
- C. the ribcage
- D. the arm bones
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Question 13
Which part of the skeleton has the ring around it?
- A. arm bones
- B. pelvis
- C. leg bones
- D. skull
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Question 14
Skeleton and muscles: which statement is true?
- A. Muscles can push bones as well as pull them.
- B. Muscles work in pairs.
- C. Bones are dead, like rocks.
- D. Babies and adults have exactly the same number of bones.
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Question 15
How do muscles move bones?
- A. by contracting (getting shorter) and pulling on them
- B. by growing longer
- C. by pushing them
- D. by melting
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Question 16
Which part of the skeleton has the ring around it?
- A. spine (backbone)
- B. arm bones
- C. ribcage
- D. pelvis

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