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
What is gestation?
- A. the time a baby mammal grows inside its mother before birth
- B. the time an egg takes to hatch in a nest
- C. the time it takes to learn to walk
- D. how long an animal lives
Question 2
Which mammal on the chart has a gestation of about 9 months?
- A. dog
- B. human
- C. horse
- D. elephant
Question 3
What do arteries do?
- A. carry blood back to the heart
- B. digest food
- C. carry blood away from the heart
- D. make urine
Question 4
Why should medicines only be taken as directed by a doctor or on the label?
- A. Medicines never have side effects.
- B. Medicines are just sweets.
- C. More medicine always works better.
- D. The wrong dose can harm the body.
Question 5
True or false? Smoking damages the lungs.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 6
Blood and circulation: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Veins carry blood back to the heart.
- B. Arteries carry blood to the heart.
- C. White blood cells help fight infection.
- D. Blood is always red; it is bright red with oxygen and darker red without.
Question 7
About how many months longer is the gestation of a elephant than a dog?
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Question 8
Does this help or harm the body: sitting in front of screens all day?
- A. helps the body
- B. harms the body
Question 9
Elena counts 16 pulse beats in 15 seconds. What is the pulse rate in beats per minute?
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Question 10
Mice have a gestation of about 3 weeks. How does this fit the pattern?
- A. Small mammal, short gestation
- B. Small mammal, very long gestation
- C. Mice are not mammals
- D. It breaks the pattern completely
Question 11
Which mammal on the chart has a gestation of about 11 months?
- A. dog
- B. human
- C. horse
- D. elephant
Question 12
What do arteries do?
- A. make urine
- B. carry blood away from the heart
- C. carry blood back to the heart
- D. digest food
Question 13
How does smoking harm the body?
- A. It makes muscles stronger.
- B. Tar damages the lungs and chemicals harm the heart and blood vessels.
- C. It only affects your clothes.
- D. It cleans the lungs.
Question 14
True or false? Sleep is not important for health.
- A. True
- B. False
Question 15
Blood and circulation: which statement is NOT true?
- A. White blood cells help fight infection.
- B. Arteries carry blood to the heart.
- C. Veins carry blood back to the heart.
- D. Red blood cells carry oxygen.
Question 16
About how many months longer is the gestation of a elephant than a human?
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