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The document provides information about the skeleton and how different parts of the body help with movement. It discusses bones, joints, cartilage and how various animals like snakes, earthworms and fish move using different body parts and mechanisms.

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Body Movement

The document provides information about the skeleton and how different parts of the body help with movement. It discusses bones, joints, cartilage and how various animals like snakes, earthworms and fish move using different body parts and mechanisms.

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Class-6 BODY MOVEMENT

GENIUS CLASSES

Section - A

1. What is skeleton?
Ans: The framework of bones in our body is called skeleton.

2. What are ribs?


Ans: The bones of the chest are called ribs.

3. What is rib cage?


Ans: Ribs are joined with backbone to form a box. This box is called rib
cage.

4. What is slithering?
Ans: The movement of snakes is called slithering.

5. What are shoulder bones?


Ans: The shoulder bones are formed by the collar bone and the
shoulder blade. It connects the upper part of the chest and bones of
the arm.

6. What are pelvic bones?


Ans: The bones which enclose the body part below the stomach are
called pelvic bones.

7. What are cartilages?


Ans: Some additional parts of the skeleton which are not as hard as
bones and are elastic tissue and can be bent are called cartilages, e.g.
cartilage of ear. It also prevents the bones from rubbing against each
other at the joints.

8. Name the three components of skeleton.


Ans: Skeleton is made up of many bones, joints and cartilage.

GENIUS
9. Name the parts of the body which help in movement.
Ans: Contraction and relaxation of muscles and bones and joints help
in movement.

10.Name two animals which move without bones.


Ans: (i) Earthworm (ii) Snail

11.Differentiate between ligament and tendon.


Ans: Ligament joins bone to bone together, whereas the tendon joins
muscles to bone.

12.Does the shoulder bone also move when you move your arm?
Ans: The shoulder bone does not move when we move our arm. Only
arm moves, the shoulder bone remains fixed.

13.Differentiate between bone and cartilage with examples.


Ans: Bone: They are hard and rigid structure in our body that cannot be
bent but give shape to our body, e.g. pelvic bone, shoulder bone, etc.

Cartilage: They are elastic tissue and not as hard as bone. They can
easily bent
e.g., upper part of ear.

14. What are floating ribs?


Ans: The last two pairs of ribs that are not joined in front of the breast
bone/sternum. They are attached only to the backbone. So, they are called
floating ribs.

15. What is a bone marrow? Give its main function.


Ans: The long bones such as the thigh bone, upper arm bones have hollow
spaces inside which contains bone marrow. The bone marrow produces red
blood cells. They also form some kinds of white blood cells.

GENIUS
Section -B

1. Write the differences between bones and cartilage.


Ans:

Bone Cartilage

(i) They are hard. (i) They are soft.

(ii) They cannot bend. (ii) They can bend.

(iii) They are used to make the (iii) They help to make some

framework of whole body. parts of the body.

2. How do the muscles work?


Ans: The muscles work in pairs. When one of them contracts, the bone is
pulled in that direction, the other muscle of the pair relaxes. To move the
bone in the opposite direction, the relaxed muscle contracts to pull the bone
towards its original position, while the first relaxes. A muscle can only pull. It
cannot push.

GENIUS
3. How does the earthworm move?
Ans: Earthworm does not have bones. It has muscles. During the
movement, earthworm first extends front part of the body keeping the
rear portion fixed to the ground. Then it fixes the front and releases
the rear end. It then shortens the body and pulls the rear end forward.
In this way by repeating such muscular expansions and contractions
earthworm moves.

4. How does the snail move?


Ans: The rounded structure on the back of the snail is called shell. It is
the outer skeleton (exoskeleton) of snail. When it starts moving a thick
structure and the head of the snail may come out of an opening in the
shell. The thick structure is called foot, which is made up of strong
muscles. It helps snail in moving.

GENIUS
5. How does fish move in water?
Ans: The body of fish is streamlined. The streamlined shape helps the
fish to move in water. The skeleton of fish is covered with muscles
which make the front part of the body to curve to one side and the tail
part swings towards the opposite side. This makes a jerk and pushes
the body forward. In this way it moves in water.

6. How does the cockroach move?


Ans. The cockroach walks on limb as well as fly in the air. They have
three pairs of joined legs attached to the breast region. These help in
walking. There are two pairs of wings attached to the breast. The fore
wings are narrow. The hind wings are broad and thin with supporting
veins.

7. What is a joint? Describe various kinds of joints found in our body.


Ans.

GENIUS
Joints: The place where two or more bones meet together is called
a joint. There are five main types of joints in our body.
(i) Fixed joints: Some attachments of bones do not allow movement.
They are fixed joints. Joint of the cranium is a fixed joint.
(ii) Ball and socket joints: The rounded end of one bone fits into the
hollow space of the other bone. Such a kind of joint allows movements
in all directions and is called ball and socket joint. For example, the
joint between the upper arm and the shoulder; the thigh and the hip.
(iii) Pivotal joints: The skull is joined to the first two vertebrae of the
backbone like a ball to a stick. This type of joints allows movements in
many planes—up and down, to the side and all other planes.
iv) Hinge joints: These joints allow movement only in one plane like a
door hinge and not more than 180 degree. For example, the fingers,
the knee. The wrist is a double hinge joint.
(v) Gliding joints: These joints allow only a limited amount of
movement of sliding nature of cartilages. For example, the joints in
backbone.

GENIUS

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