Skeleton Parts
What bone protects your brain?
Skull
True or False: Muscles push bones to move them.
False — they pull
Name one job of the skeleton.
Support, protection, or movement
Name one thing all living things need to survive.
Food / water / air
Which organ pumps blood around your body?
Heart
What bones protect your heart and lungs?
Ribs
What muscle helps you bend your arm?
Biceps
Which skeleton function helps us stand tall?
Support
What connects muscles to bones?
Tendons (joints)
What organ helps you breathe in oxygen?
Lungs
What is the longest bone in the human body?
thigh bone
Muscles always work in ______.
Pairs
Which skeleton function allows us to run and jump?
Movement
What is the skeleton made of?
Bones
What organ controls the whole body?
Brain
How many bones are in an adult human body?
206
What is the strongest muscle in your body (by size)?
Jaw muscle
True or False: Without the skeleton, we would still be able to walk.
False
Name 3 differences between living and non-living things.
Living things grow, need food/water, reproduce; non-living things do not.
What covers and protects all of your body?
Skin
What is the backbone called?
Spine
When one muscle contracts, what does its partner do?
Relaxes
Which part of the skeleton helps protect the spinal cord?
The backbone / spine
What do we call making more of the same kind, like cats having kittens?
Reproduce
Which organ works like a computer and controls everything you do?
Brain