| Question | Answer |
| ________ are made up of many bones? | Skeletons |
| _________ are hard and give your body shape? | Bones |
| _________ is made up of 206 bones? | Your skeleton |
| There are______bones just in your two hands and arms? | 64 |
| Some of your bones are_____? | big and others are small |
| ________is softer than bone and it bends? | Cartilage |
| Your ______ and _______ are made of cartilage? | ears and nose |
| Sometimes bones get broken. Doctors use _________ to see the bone under the skin? | X-rays |
| _________ start to grow before you are ever born? | Bones |
| Your_________will stop growing by the time you are ______? | bones and 25 |
| The smallest bone in the body is called the ______? | Stirrup |
| _______meet at the joints? | Bones |
| Without joints your skeleton could not move or bend. _______, _____ and _____ are joints? | Shoulders, elbows and ankles |
| There are _____joints in your skeleton? | 200 |
| Bones are held at the joints by_________? | ligaments |
| _______are like strong pieces of string? | Ligaments |
| The bones in your spine are called____? | vertebrae |
| There are ____bones that fit together at ____ joints? | 34 and 33 |
| _____helps make red blood cells? | Bone marrow |
| The _____is the bone that protects your brain? | skull |
| The ____protects your heart, lungs and liver? | rib cage |
| The most important time for building bones is in _____? | childhood |
| If you build healthly bones when you are young. You are less likely to have problems when you are____? | old |
| What are 2 ways to take care of your skeleton? | Good nutrition and exercise |
| It is important to eat foods rich in____and ____? | calcium and vitamin D |
| What are some foods that have calcium? | milk, orange juice, dairy products, green vegetables and sardines |
| ______is important because it makes your bones strong? | Exercise |
| What activities are good exercise? | walking and running |
| What are 3 things that can make your skeleton weak? | not exercising, poor eating habits and smoking. |
