I.

Answer the following questions:

1. What is a joint? Give two examples.
2. What are vertebrae? What would happen if our backbone was made up of a single long
bone?
3. Define cartilage. Where do you find them?
4. What is the body shape of fishes that help them swim easily in water? How does it look
like?
5. Can we bend our elbow backwards? Give reasons.

II. Fill in the blanks:

1. ______ and ______ form the skeleton of the human body.
2. The joint where our neck joins the head is a ______ joint.
3. An adult human skeleton consists of ______ bones.
4. The ______ is made up of many bones joined together and protects the brain.
5. When ______ , the muscle becomes shorter, stiffer and thicker.

III. State True or False:

1. We can only move our upper jaw, lower jaw is fixed.
2. Birds can swim in water.
3. Pelvic bones help our shoulder move.
4. Bones are softer than cartilage.
5. Snails move with the help of a muscular foot.