4th grade human body and health
4th grade (Year 5 in England) · 13 questions · Common Core: NGSS.MS-LS1-3, NGSS.4-LS1-1, NGSS.4-LS1-2 · England: KS2 Y4 Animals, including humans, KS3 Biology: Nutrition and digestion, KS2 Y6 Animals, including humans
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Question 1
Food tastes of less when you have a blocked nose. Why?
- A. The tongue stops working.
- B. The brain switches off.
- C. Much of what we call flavour comes from smell.
- D. Food changes when you are ill.
Question 2
Which organ has the ring around it?
- A. kidneys
- B. liver
- C. stomach
- D. lungs
Question 3
What does this sense organ detect: eyes?
- A. touch, pressure, heat and cold
- B. smells (chemicals in the air)
- C. sound
- D. light
Question 4
Organs: which statement is true?
- A. Food goes into the lungs to be digested.
- B. The lungs pump blood.
- C. The heart is in the stomach.
- D. We have two lungs and two kidneys.
Question 5
Which organ stores and churns food after a meal?
- A. kidneys
- B. lungs
- C. brain
- D. stomach
Question 6
What do canines do?
- A. teeth between canines and molars that help crush food
- B. pointed teeth for gripping and tearing
- C. sharp, flat front teeth for biting and cutting
- D. wide, bumpy back teeth for grinding and crushing
Question 7
Why do humans have incisors, canines AND molars?
- A. Teeth are just for smiling.
- B. We only eat plants.
- C. We are omnivores, eating both plants and meat.
- D. We only eat meat.
Question 8
In the path of a bite of apple, what comes straight after "nutrients absorbed in the small intestine"?
- A. churned with acid in the stomach
- B. swallowed down the oesophagus (esophagus)
- C. water absorbed in the large intestine
- D. teeth chew it
Question 9
True or false? Molars are for biting and cutting.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 10
What does saliva do?
- A. digests fat completely
- B. wets food and starts to digest starch
- C. kills all bacteria in food
- D. absorbs nutrients
Question 11
You touch a hot pan and pull your hand away before you even think. What is this called?
- A. digestion
- B. a memory
- C. a reflex
- D. a dream
Question 12
Which organ has the ring around it?
- A. brain
- B. liver
- C. lungs
- D. stomach
Question 13
What does this sense organ detect: ears?
- A. smells (chemicals in the air)
- B. sound
- C. light
- D. tastes (chemicals in food)
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