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Question 1

Explain a skeleton

Answer 1

Skeleton supports and gives shape to the body.

Protects your internal organs

Question 2

What is a joint?

Answer 2

The place in the body where bones meet.

Question 3

What are vital organs?

Answer 3

Organs in the body that are necessary for life.

Question 4

What is a limb?

Answer 4

Leg, arm tail

Question 5

What is a trunk?

Answer 5

The body part that excludes the limbs

Question 6

What is a shoulder girdle?

Answer 6

Set of bones where front limbs attach.

Question 7

What is a hip girdle?

Answer 7

Part of the skeleton made up of hip bones that support the hind limbs.

Question 8

Explain charachteristic

Answer 8

Something to help identify or tell something apart

Question 9

What does the vertebrae skeleton protect?

Answer 9

Vital Organs like the brain, heart and lungs

Question 10

Give a good example of how the skeleton protects the body.

Answer 10

Ribcage - surrounds the most important organs in the body namely, heart and lungs.

Question 11

What does the skull protect?

Answer 11

Brain and softer parts of the face like the eyes.

Question 12

What is the main function of the back bone?

Answer 12

Protect spinal cord that runs through the vertebrae.

Question 13

What is the main function of the spinal cord?

Answer 13

The spinal cord sends messages from the brain to the body parts.

Question 14

What makes the bones hard?

Answer 14

Calcium and other minerals

Question 15

Explain Joints

Answer 15

Between the bones
Part where bones join together
Different joints allow different movement
Example: Elbow and knees

Question 16

Explain muscles

Answer 16

Attached to the skeleton
They can tighten and stretch
Works together with the skeleton for movement
Muscles pull on the bones
Work in pairs. One tightens and another relaxes or stretches

Question 17

Explain a frame structure

Answer 17

Structure made of pieces joined together, it supports or holds a shape

Question 18

What is a building frame made of?

Answer 18

Material such as wood or steel

Question 19

What is a frame covered with?

Answer 19

Materials such as 
wood 
brick
corrugated iron
glass

Question 20

What is your body’s frame made of?

Answer 20

Boned joined together and is covered with muscle and skin

Question 21

What is material

Answer 21

Something that has not been processed.

Question 22

Explain processing

Answer 22

Combining and changing materials