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Which answer is NOT a function of the skeletal system?

Question 1 options:

Keeps your organs in place and gives you your form

Tighten and relax to create movement in the body

Protect important organs like the brain, heart, and lungs

Serves as a framework to hold the body up

Question 2 (1 point)
The _______________ inside of bones creates new red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

Question 2 options:

Muscle fibers

Bone marrow

Tendons

Ligaments

Question 3 (1 point)
Muscle contraction means that the cells get shorter and thicker which contracts the whole muscle and moves the bone.

Question 3 options:
True
False
Question 4 (1 point)
Muscles can only push not pull.

Question 4 options:
True
False
Question 5 (1 point)
The waste product produced when muscles work is called__________:

Question 5 options:

Oxygen

Muscle cells

Lactic acid

Nutrients

Question 6 (1 point)
Select the three types of muscles:

Question 6 options:

Smooth muscle

Skeletal muscle

Cardiac muscles

Strong muscle

Question 7 (1 point)
Strength training can help:

Question 7 options:

Build muscular strength and endurance

Help protect the muscles and joints from injury

Strengthen bones and boost metabolism

All of the above

Question 8 (1 point)
Iron Man is sitting at a gym machine while texting Captain America and preventing others from using the equipment. What should he do instead? (Select two correct answers)

Question 8 options:

Clean the equipment

Call Captain America and talk loudly on the phone

Continue sitting at the gym machine without using it

Move to another area to finish texting

Question 9 (1 point)
Thor just finished lifting free weights and is exhausted. His arms are already sore, so he leaves the weights in the middle of the gym floor. What should she have done instead? (select two correct answers)

Question 9 options:

Listen to his music without headphones

Cleaned off the used weights

Left the weights on the floor

Returned the weights to the weight rack

Question 10 (1 point)
The Hulk wants to lift weights but is unsure about weight safety. What three tips would be helpful for him? (select three correct answers)

Question 10 options:

Drop the weights loudly on the ground so people know you're finished

Use a slow, controlled motion with no swinging or jerky movements.

Use a spotter to supervise your lifts to make sure you do not get trapped or injured by the weights.

Keep good posture to prevent injuries.

1 answer

Here are the answers to your questions:

Question 1: Which answer is NOT a function of the skeletal system?

  • Answer: Tighten and relax to create movement in the body (This is a function of the muscular system, not the skeletal system.)

Question 2: The _______________ inside of bones creates new red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

  • Answer: Bone marrow

Question 3: Muscle contraction means that the cells get shorter and thicker which contracts the whole muscle and moves the bone.

  • Answer: True

Question 4: Muscles can only push not pull.

  • Answer: False (Muscles can indeed pull and push, but they can only pull for movement.)

Question 5: The waste product produced when muscles work is called__________:

  • Answer: Lactic acid

Question 6: Select the three types of muscles:

  • Answer: Smooth muscle, Skeletal muscle, Cardiac muscle

Question 7: Strength training can help:

  • Answer: All of the above

Question 8: Iron Man is sitting at a gym machine while texting Captain America and preventing others from using the equipment. What should he do instead? (Select two correct answers)

  • Answer: Clean the equipment, Move to another area to finish texting

Question 9: Thor just finished lifting free weights and is exhausted. His arms are already sore, so he leaves the weights in the middle of the gym floor. What should he have done instead? (select two correct answers)

  • Answer: Cleaned off the used weights, Returned the weights to the weight rack

Question 10: The Hulk wants to lift weights but is unsure about weight safety. What three tips would be helpful for him? (select three correct answers)

  • Answer: Use a slow, controlled motion with no swinging or jerky movements., Use a spotter to supervise your lifts to make sure you do not get trapped or injured by the weights., Keep good posture to prevent injuries.

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