5th grade human body and health
5th grade (Year 6 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.MS-LS1-3, NGSS.3-LS1-1, NGSS.SEP 4 · England: KS2 Y6 Animals, including humans, KS4 Combined Science: Transport systems, KS2 Y5 Animals, including humans
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Question 1
About how many months longer is the gestation of a horse than a dog?
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Question 2
How many chambers does the human heart have?
- A. 4
- B. 2
- C. 6
- D. 1
Question 3
Does this help or harm the body: playing sport most days?
- A. helps the body
- B. harms the body
Question 4
What is gestation?
- A. how long an animal lives
- B. the time it takes to learn to walk
- C. the time an egg takes to hatch in a nest
- D. the time a baby mammal grows inside its mother before birth
Question 5
The chart shows how many months each mammal grows inside its mother before birth (gestation). Which has the shortest gestation?
- A. dog
- B. human
- C. horse
- D. elephant
Question 6
Chloe counts 17 pulse beats in 15 seconds. What is the pulse rate in beats per minute?
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Question 7
Blood and circulation: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Veins carry blood back to the heart.
- B. Blood is always red; it is bright red with oxygen and darker red without.
- C. The heart is on the far left side of the chest.
- D. Red blood cells carry oxygen.
Question 8
True or false? Smoking damages the lungs.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 9
Why is regular exercise good for the heart?
- A. The heart is a muscle and gets stronger with use.
- B. It makes the heart stop resting.
- C. Exercise has no effect on the heart.
- D. It makes the heart smaller and weaker.
Question 10
About how many months longer is the gestation of a horse than a human?
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Question 11
What do arteries do?
- A. make urine
- B. carry blood back to the heart
- C. carry blood away from the heart
- D. digest food
Question 12
Does this help or harm the body: eating lots of sugary snacks every day?
- A. helps the body
- B. harms the body
Question 13
Looking at dogs, humans, horses and elephants, what pattern do you notice?
- A. Smaller mammals always have longer gestation.
- B. All mammals have the same gestation.
- C. Gestation has nothing to do with size.
- D. Larger mammals tend to have longer gestation periods.
Question 14
The chart shows how many months each mammal grows inside its mother before birth (gestation). Which has the longest gestation?
- A. dog
- B. human
- C. horse
- D. elephant
Question 15
Zara counts 14 pulse beats in 10 seconds. What is the pulse rate in beats per minute?
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Question 16
Blood and circulation: which statement is NOT true?
- A. White blood cells help fight infection.
- B. Capillaries are tiny blood vessels where substances pass to and from cells.
- C. Arteries carry blood to the heart.
- D. Veins carry blood back to the heart.
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