This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > Science > Body Movements > Class 6 Science Chapter 8 Body Movements – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 Science Chapter 8 Body Movements Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the upper part of the ear called A) Carpal. B) Pinna. C) Ear lobe. D) Canna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pinna. 2. Skeleton of human body is made up of A) Cartilage. B) Bones. C) Both cartilage and bones. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both cartilage and bones. 3. How does the structure of the skeleton system support the body? A) It protects the outer skin of the body from any injury. B) It provides a framework that gives shape to the body. C) It provides the site for storing all the nutrients in the body. D) It allows free movement of all the bones during locomotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It provides a framework that gives shape to the body. 4. In which letter shape the snake moves? A) A. B) B. C) H. D) S. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) S. 5. Pivotal joints join the A) Neck with shoulder. B) Head with neck. C) Thigh with pelvic bones. D) Arm with wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Head with neck. 6. Muscles work in pairs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. ..... have STREAMLINED body A) Frog. B) Dog. C) Cat. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fish. 8. What is the study of joints called? A) Arthology. B) Anatomy. C) Biology. D) Myology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthology. 9. The only movable bone in the skull is A) The upper jaw bone. B) Femur. C) Humerus. D) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mandible. 10. The act of moving from one place to another is known as ..... A) Locomotion. B) Movement. C) Translucent. D) Transformation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locomotion. 11. Which life process is the skeleton the most important for? A) Respiration. B) Excretion. C) Movement. D) Nutrition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 12. Number of bones in human body is A) 306. B) 206. C) 406. D) 106. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 13. The muscular organ providing wave-like Movement in a snail A) Foot. B) Hand. C) Meta. D) Cerci. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foot. 14. Your ..... system helps move your arms and legs so you can run. A) Digestive. B) Respiratory. C) Circulatory. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscular. 15. Cartilage is found in the ear lobe. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. What type of joint is found in the human shoulder, allowing for a wide range of motion? A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Pivot joint. D) Fixed joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint. 17. The bones of the birds are ..... A) Hollow and Light. B) Heavy and Hollow. C) Heavy and Solid. D) Hollow and Weak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hollow and Light. 18. How many bones are there in vertebrate column? A) 12. B) 16. C) 33. D) 31. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 33. 19. The joint that is movable in most of the direction? A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Fixed. D) Pivotal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket. 20. What is Fixed joints? A) Means that they cannot move. B) There are no Fixed joints in our body. C) Means that they can move. D) None if these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Means that they cannot move. 21. Our back bone is made up of- A) Vertebrae. B) Long bones. C) Tough fibres. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 22. Which organ helps fishes to swim? A) Fins. B) Legs. C) Skin. D) Feather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fins. 23. How does a snake moves? A) By hissing again and again. B) By pushing its body towards in the front. C) By making loops on the ground. D) By using its flexible backbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By making loops on the ground. 24. Human Skeleton is formed by A) Bones. B) Cartilages. C) Bones and Cartilages. D) Bones, Cartilages and muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones and Cartilages. 25. What is the function of cartilage in the human body? A) Provide cushioning between bones. B) Support organs. C) Connect muscles to bones. D) Facilitate blood circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Provide cushioning between bones. 26. What type of body movement occurs when you bend your arm at the elbow? A) Abduction. B) Extension. C) Adduction. D) Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flexion. 27. The forward and backward movement of our head is possible because of presence of A) Ball and socket joint where our neck joins the head. B) Pivotal joint where our neck joins the head. C) Hinge joint where our neck joins the head. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pivotal joint where our neck joins the head. 28. Muscles connect to the bones by A) Tendon. B) Ligament. C) Bone Marrow. D) None Of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendon. 29. Why cant we move our hand if a wooden plank is placed under it A) Because then the Hinge joint acts like pivot joint. B) Because then the Hinge joint acts like hinge joint. C) Because then the Pivot joint acts like ball and socket joint. D) Because then the Hinge joint acts like a fixed joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because then the Hinge joint acts like a fixed joint. 30. Which is the longest bone in human body A) Tibia. B) Fibula. C) Femur. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 31. The chest bone and the back bone together to form a box this is called a ..... A) Vertebrae. B) Body. C) Rib Cage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rib Cage. 32. 9) A muscular organ which helps the snail in locomotion is known as ..... A) Aeration. B) Cerci. C) Foot. D) Setae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foot. 33. How many bones are there in birth baby? A) 206. B) 305. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 305. 34. Which of these represents one of the reasons that enable birds and NOT humans to fly? A) They have long bones. B) They have strong beaks. C) They have strong hind limbs. D) They have hollow and light bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They have hollow and light bones. 35. Recently, in a Science class test, you were asked a question, whether the statements are correct or not? A) . The bony framework inside our body is called the skeleton. B) . The bones of the skeleton provide a framework that holds our body together. C) . Bones are hard and tough but the cartilage is softer than bones. D) . There are 306 bones in the human skeleton or human body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . There are 306 bones in the human skeleton or human body. 36. The two bones of the lower arm are A) Tibia and fibula. B) Femur and humerus. C) Ulna and radius. D) Humerus and radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ulna and radius. 37. Which of these organisms does not have a skeleton? A) Snail. B) Human beings. C) Earthworm. D) Dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earthworm. 38. A place where 2 bones meet: A) Joints. B) Cartilage. C) Muscle. D) Hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joints. 39. The rounded end of one bone fits into the cavity(hollow space) of other bone helps on moving in all directions.what is this joint called? A) Hinge joint. B) Pivotal joint. C) Ball and socket joint. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket joint. 40. What is the scientific name for the 'funny bone'? A) Clavicle. B) Patella. C) Humerus. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerus. 41. Shell of a snail is made up of bones. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 42. The bones that protect the portion of the body below our stomach are called ..... A) Shoulder Bones. B) Jaw Bones. C) Finger Bones. D) Pelvic Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pelvic Bones. 43. The bones at the elbow are joined by a ..... joint. A) Pivotal. B) Fixed. C) Ball and socket. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hinge. 44. 2) The act of moving from one place to another is known as ..... A) Liquid skeleton. B) Hair-like bristle. C) Locomotion. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Locomotion. 45. How many bones are there in human skeleton? A) 300. B) 206. C) 200. D) 306. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 46. The arm is formed by a single bone, the ..... , which is a typical long bone. A) Fibula. B) Humorous. C) Tibia. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humorous. 47. Which of the following characteristics do not help a fish in movement? A) Fishes easily swim in water because they have streamlined body which allows the water to flow around the body of fish easily. B) The forelimbs and hind limbs are modified as fins. These help in maintaining balance. C) It contracts its muscles starting from its neck and thrusts its body from side to side creating a series of curves. D) The tail helps in changing direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It contracts its muscles starting from its neck and thrusts its body from side to side creating a series of curves. 48. Which of the following is an example of a hinge joint in the body? A) Shoulder. B) Hip. C) Elbow or Knee. D) Ankle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elbow or Knee. 49. Skull is also called as A) Brain saver. B) Hard ball. C) Brain box. D) Brain bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain box. 50. Which snake will move faster? A) The one whose body makes less loops. B) The one whose body makes more loops. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The one whose body makes more loops. 51. What is the term for the ability of a joint to move through its full range of motion? A) Rigidity. B) Stiffness. C) Strength. D) Flexibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flexibility. 52. The shoulder joint is example of ..... movement. A) Fixed. B) Hinge. C) Ball & socket joint. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball & socket joint. 53. The strong muscle of snail which helps in movement is called A) Foot. B) Wings. C) Leg. D) Claw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foot. 54. WHICH JOINT IS PRESENT IN WRIST? A) GLIDING JOINT. B) PIVOT JOINT. C) HINGE JOINT. D) FIXED JOINT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GLIDING JOINT. 55. FINGER BONES ARE ALSO KNOW AS A) Hamate bone. B) Girdles. C) Phalanges. D) Metacarpal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 56. An earthworm is able to move with the help of its A) Bones. B) Bones and muscles. C) Muscles. D) Shell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscles. 57. The snail has two tentacles one is used to bear the eyes and the other is used to A) To see. B) To smell the food and feel it. C) To look beautiful. D) To walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To smell the food and feel it. 58. Which of the following is false about earthworm A) The earthworm does not have any internal skeleton. B) Muscles attached to the rings help to extend and shorten the body. C) Repeated extension and contraction of the body muscles doesn't allow the earthworm to move. D) The skin of earthworm has a large number of tiny bristles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repeated extension and contraction of the body muscles doesn't allow the earthworm to move. 59. Ribs protect ..... A) Brain. B) Heart. C) Lungs. D) Kidneys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 60. What type of movement is done by a bug for locomoting? A) Slithering. B) Creeping. C) Crawling. D) Flying. 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