The document contains a science test on the skeletal system for 4th grade students. It has 30 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of bones, joints, calcium and vitamin needs, bone injuries like fractures and dislocations, and bone diseases like rickets. It also provides the answer sheet for students to fill out during the test and a specification table showing the topics covered.

1. Colegio San Agustin
Grade School Department
Biñan, Laguna
AY 2008-2009
First Monthly Test
Science and Health 4
General Directions:
1. Read and follow the directions given.
2. Avoid unnecessary erasures.
3. Use blue or black ballpen only.
Directions: Shade the letter of the correct answer on the sheet provided.
1. If you have a open fracture, which of the following should you do?
a. Massage the fractured part. c. Take some medicine.
b. See a doctor at once. d. Rest the fractured part.
2. Bones needs nutrients in order to grow healthy. Which of the following do bones
need?
a. Calcium and minerals c. proteins and carbohydrates
b. vitamins and minerals d. proteins, vitamins
3. What part attaches muscles to bones?
a. cartilage c. periosteum
b. ligament d. tendon
4. Which bone in the body does not meet another bone?
a. backbone c. pelvis
b. cranium d. hyoid bone
5. What bone consists of 26 hollow cylinders of bones
a. vertebrae c. sternum
b. skull bones d. ribs
6. If you had no bones, which of the following would most likely happen?
a. Your body would be shapeless.
b. Your soft organs would not be protected.
c. The softer parts of your body would not have support.
d. All of the above.
7. Which of the following is part of the appendicular skeleton?
a. skull c. upper extremities
b. sternum d. vertebral column
8. Select the food that will supply calcium to the bones.
a. rice c. bread
b. seafoods d. meat
9. When babies lack vitamin D and they do not get enough sunlight, what disease is most
likely to affect them?
a. tuberculosis c. bone infection
c. scoliosis d. rickets
10. How would you classify the joints located in the carpals?
a. gliding joints c. ball and socket joints

2. b. saddle joints d. Fixed joints
11. While playing you suddenly pulled the arms of your brother. Later, he complained
about pains in the shoulder. Name this kind of injury.
a. open fracture c. dislocation
b. arthritis d. simple fracture
12. Which of the following bones is part of the leg?
a. femur c. radius
b. humerus d. ulna
13. Thigh bone is to femur; kneecap is to _____________________.
a. radius c. femur
b. patella d. tibia
14. It is the process of bone formation.
a. Digestion c. ossification
b. Classification d. tension
15. Which describes a compact bone?
a. hard and heavy c. spongy
b. has red marrow d. light and porous
16. What mineral can make bones hard and strong?
a. calcium c. iron
b. flouride d. zinc
17. Where are suture joints located?
a. femur c. skull
b. humerus d. ulna
18. Julio fell from the stairs and injured his femur. When x-rayed they found a break in
the bone. Identify this bone injury.
a. fracture c. dislocation
b. sprain d. bone infection
19. Why is the bone marrow important to the body?
a. It produces red blood cells. c. It stores much fat.
b. It makes the bone strong. d. It produces yellow substance.
20. A woman met an accident. Her spinal column was broken and she became paralyzed.
What might be the reason?
a. Her heart was damaged. c. Her spinal cord was damaged.
b. Her legs were broken. d. Her arms were lost.
21. What kind of joint is the knee joint?
a. ball-and-socket joint c. hinge joint
b. gliding joint d. pivot joint
22. Which of the following diseases affects the joint?
a. arthitis c. Paget’s disease
b. osteoporosis d. rickets
23. It protects the brain and the eyeball.
a. ribcage c. pelvis
b. cranium d. vertebrae

3. 24. What vitamin is needed to help body absorb calcium?
a. vitamin A c. vitamin C
b. vitamin B d. vitamin D
25. It is the position of your body when you are in a sitting or in a standing position.
a. Bad posture c. Good position
b. Posture d. Upright
26. What do you call a break in the bone?
a. dislocation c. sprain
b. fracture d. strain
27. What do you call the condition when a bone gets removed from its joint?
a. dislocation c. sprain
b. fracture d. strain
28. What do you call the condition when the bone become porous and brittle?
a. osteoporosis c. bone infection
b. scoliosis d. rickets
29. Which of the following is needed to have a healthy bone?
a.soda c.milk
b.potato chips d.slouching
30. It is compose of all the bones in our body.
a. Digestive System c. Respiratory System
b. Muscular System d. Skeletal System.

4. Colegio San Agustin
Grade School Department
Biñan, Laguna
AY 2008-2009
First Monthly Test
Science and Health 4
ANSWER SHEET
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Colegio San Agustin
Grade School Department
Biñan, Laguna
AY 2008-2009
First Monthly Test
Science and Health 4
TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
Topic Recall Beyond Recall Total
The Skeletal
System 1-30 30
Total 30
Prepared by:
Lovelyn M. Mataac
Teacher
Submitted to:
Mrs. Vilma Adelantar
SAC Science & Health & Computer