INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE
SUBJECT: SCIENCE
Task Worksheet No: 5
TOPIC : Skeletal System and Nervous System
Coordinating Staff: Mrs. Yvette D’souza
Date of Issue: 13.08.2015
Name of the student: ___________________
Class V Sec: _____
Roll No: ____
(1) Fill in the necessary words to complete the second pair of related things.
(a) Hip : ball and socket
(b) Skull : Brain
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::
Elbow : __________________________
Backbone : ______________________________
(c) Arm muscles : Skeletal muscles
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Heart muscles :
_____________________________
(d) Balance of the body : Cerebellum : : Swallowing and Sneezing :
_________________
(2) Name the following:
(a) Network of nerves that run throughout our body.
_________________________
(b) A long bone at the center of the chest
______________________________
(c) Most reflex actions are controlled by this
______________________________
(d) Tough elastic substance that holds bones together
_______________________
(3) Match the following
1) Cartilage
a) Digestive system
2) Skeletal muscle
b) Holds the bones together
3) Cardiac muscle
c) Muscles in the arm
4) Smooth muscle
d) automatic muscles
(1)______
(2) _____
(3) ______ (4) _______
(4) Fill in the blanks:
(i) _______________________________ gives shape and support to our body.
(ii) The ___________________________ protects the brain.
(iii) The __________________________ is the thinking part of the brain.
(iv) ____________________ nerves carry impulses to the brain.
(v)The heart and lungs are protected by the ___________________________.
(vi) Reflex actions are due to the messages sent by the ____________________
(vii) Nerves which carry messages from the brain are ______________________
(5)
(a) Define the process shown in the diagram below.
(b) Name the part of the nervous system which controls this process.
Facts!!!!!!!!!!
 The smallest bone found in the human body is located in the middle
ear. The staples (or stirrup) bone is only 2.8 millimeters long
 Your nose and ears continue growing throughout your entire life
 Infants blink only once or twice a minute while adults average around
10.
 As well as having unique fingerprints, humans also have unique tongue
prints.
 The left side of your body is controlled by the right side of your brain
while the right side of your body is controlled by the left side of your
brain.