1: Which part of your body controls everything your
body does?
a) Your heart
b) Your brain
c) Your legs
3: Which statement is true?
a) Your bones are joined to each other with rubber bands.
b) Your bones are joined to each other by tendons.
c) Your bones are joined to each other by ligaments.
9: Which statement is true?
a) Your bones are moved, or pulled, by your muscles.
b) Your muscles are moved, or pulled, by your bones.
c) Your bones are moved, or pulled, by your ligaments.
6: How are your muscles attached to your bones?
a) By nerves
b) By tendons
c) By ligaments
8: How much of your body’s weight is muscles?
a) One-quarter
b) Half
c) Three-quarters
10: How do your muscles move your bones?
a) By contracting and relaxing
b) By pushing
c) By twisting and turning
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11: What body part tells your muscles to move?
a) Your mouth
b) Your brain
c) Your skeleton
13: What type of gas does your body need to create energy?
a) Helium
b) Oxygen
c) Carbon dioxide
15: How does oxygen travel around your body?
a) In your blood
b) In your bones
c) Through your nerves
17: Which statement is true?
a) When you do exercise, your heart beats slower.
b) When you do exercise, your body needs less oxygen
than usual.
c) When you do exercise, your heart beats faster.
14: Which statement is false?
a) The faster you run, the more oxygen your body needs.
b) You take in oxygen when you breathe air.
c) The faster you run, the less oxygen your body needs.
16: Which body part pumps blood around your body?
a) Your lungs
b) Your heart
c) Your brain
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12: How do messages from your brain travel to
your muscles?
a) Through your bones
b) In your blood
c) Along your spinal cord and nerves