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Answers for
Them Bones Worksheet
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The following are the answers for the Them Bones Worksheet. The original questions are provided as well.

1. How many additional bones can you name that were not included in our activity? List them below:

Collarbone
Spinal Column
Phalanges

2. How many bones make up the human skeleton?

206

3. What is the longest bone in the body?

Femur

4. What three bones are connected by a hinge joint?

Elbow - radius, ulna/humerus
Knee - fibula, tibia/femur

5. What two bones connect in a ball & socket joint?

Shoulder - humerus & scapula
Hip joint - ilium & femur

6. How do the bones help us in performing motor skills?

They give us the ability to move in a variety of ways on a number of different body parts.

7. What is the purpose of a locomotor skill?

To move us somewhere

8. List as many locomotor skills as you can.

Walk, run, skip, hop, gallop, jump, crawl, creep, roll, leap

9. What is the difference between a hop and a jump?

A hop takes off on one foot; a jump takes off on two feet

10. What two skills are involved in skipping?

A step & a hop

11. List three characteristics of a correct gallop.

Combines a walk and a leap
Front foot always leads
Drag the back foot


Submitted by Deborah Stevens who teaches at Clemson University in Clemson, SC. Thanks for contributing to PE Central!

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