Nutrition and the skeletal system

Question 1

What are the basic needs of all humans and other animals?

Answer 1

Food. Water. Oxygen. Shelter.

Question 2

What are the 6 different food groups?

Answer 2

Fruit and vegetables. Carbohydrates. Dairy. Protein. Fats. Sugars.

Question 3

Which 2 food groups are needed in small amounts.

Answer 3

Fats and sugars.

Question 4

Tooth decay, type 2 diabetes and other health issues are caused by ….

Answer 4

Excess amounts of sugar.

Question 5

What is essential to humans and other animals lives?

Answer 5

Water.

Question 6

What is the skeleton?

Answer 6

A strong, rigid structure inside the body made of bone.

Question 7

What is bone?

Answer 7

Bone is living tissue made from bone cells.

Question 8

What is the purpose of the skeleton?

Answer 8

To provide us with a strong structure supporting and protecting the rest of our body (organs).

Question 9

What part of the skeleton protects the brain?

Answer 9

Skull.

Question 10

What part of the skeleton protects the heart and lungs?

Answer 10

Ribs

Question 11

How many bones are we born with?

Answer 11

300

Question 12

How many bones do we have as an adult once some have fused together?

Answer 12

206

Question 13

What is the name of the longest bone in our body found at the top of our leg?

Answer 13

Femur

Question 14

What is the name of the long bone found at the top of the arm joint (funny bone)?

Answer 14

Humerus

Question 15

When bones meet this is called a …

Answer 15

Joint

Question 16

What is the purpose of joints?

Answer 16

They all the skeleton to move and allow humans and other animals to grow.

Question 17

Can you name the four types of joints?

Answer 17

Sliding, fixed, ball and socket and hinge.

Question 18

What in our body allows our bones to move?

Answer 18

Muscles and tendons.

Question 19

What are Tendons?

Answer 19

Tendons are strong inalastic strips of tissue.

Question 20

What happens to the muscles to make the bone move?

Answer 20

The muscles can contract and relax.

Question 21

What happens to the muscle when it contracts?

Answer 21

The muscles gets shorter, pulling on the tendon to make the bone move.

Question 22

What happens to the muscle when it relaxes?

Answer 22

The muscles go back to their normal size.