A. Multiple Choice (Choose one best answer) b.
Help us move
c. Make air
1. Our skeleton is made of…
d. Clean the body
a. Wood
b. Bones 9. Which part of the skeleton protects the lungs
c. Metal and heart?
d. Plastic a. Spine
b. Skull
2. The bones in our body help us…
c. Rib cage
a. Read books
d. Hip
b. Grow plants
c. Move and stand 10. Animals with a backbone include…
d. Make food a. Parrot
b. Crab
3. The part that keeps the brain safe is the…
c. Snail
a. Skull
d. Locust
b. Spine
c. Rib cage B. Multiple Choice (Choose two correct answers)
d. Leg
11. Two functions of the skeleton are…
4. Animals with bones inside their bodies are a. Protect the organs
called… b. Help in movement
a. Invertebrates c. Grow food
b. Vertebrates d. Make hair
c. Exoskeletons
12. Two animals with exoskeletons are…
d. Worms
a. Beetle
5. The skeleton gives our body… b. Locust
a. Shape c. Frog
b. Water d. Cat
c. Hair
13. Two animals that live in water are…
d. Food
a. Dolphin
6. The hard covering on the outside of some b. Fish
animals is called… c. Tiger
a. Fur d. Snail
b. Feathers
14. Two animals that have no backbone are…
c. Exoskeleton
a. Jellyfish
d. Skin
b. Worm
7. Which of these animals has no bones? c. Parrot
a. Fish d. Dog
b. Worm
15. Two parts of the skeleton that protect organs
c. Frog
are…
d. Bird
a. Skull
8. The muscles work together with the skeleton b. Rib cage
to… c. Spine
a. Store food d. Leg
C. Matching
Match the parts with their functions:
Skeleton and Body Parts Function
16. Skull a. Helps our body to move
17. Spine b. Protects some organs inside our chest
18. Rib cage c. on bird’s body
19. Muscles d. keeps the body standing straight
20. Feathers e. Protects the brain
D. Fill in the blanks
21. The ______ keeps the brain safe.
22. The skeleton gives the body its ______.
23. Animals without bones are called ______.
24. The ______ helps the body stand straight.
25. Animals with bones inside their bodies are called ______.
E. Short Answer
26. How many bones does the adult human skeleton have?
27. Give one reason why the skeleton is important for us.
28. Name two animals with a backbone.
29. What is an exoskeleton?
30. Name two organs protected by the skeleton.