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6th Grade Health Final
Name:_____________________________
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. The state of your body, mind, and feelings and how you get along with others
describes your _____.
a. physical health. b. mental and emotional health. c. consciousness. d. health.
____ 2. Which term best describes the way you live, including the decisions that you make
about your health?
a. Lifestyle b. Social life c. Wellness
d. Habits
____ 3. What are behaviors, such as using tobacco and watching too much television, that
are harmful to your health?
a. Dangers b. Risk behaviors c. Health problems d. Health advisories
____ 4. Factors that affect your health include heredity, the quality of health care you
receive, random events, and lifestyle. Which of these factors do you have the least
control over?
a. Heredity b. Quality of health care c. Environment d. Lifestyle
____ 5. Which of the following would NOT be considered a healthful behavior?
a. Staying up late to get your homework done. b. Getting plenty of physical
activity. c. Eating healthful foods. d. Getting regular checkups from your doctor.
____ 6. What is the irresistible need to continue a behavior, such as taking drugs,
even if it is harmful?
a. Craving b. Habit c. Addiction d. Dependence
____ 7. What is one of the most important things you can do to maintain a drug-free
lifestyle?
a. Accept others who use harmful drugs. b. Feel confident about hanging
out with people who use drugs because you know you will never try them.
c. Avoid situations where there are groups of people. d. Avoid situations
where drugs are used.
____ 8. Which of the following is probably NOT a reason that people start abusing
drugs?
a. Curiosity b. Rebellion against parents or guardians c. Escape from stress
d. Positive self-esteem
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____ 9. What is an odorless, colorless, poisonous gas found in tobacco smoke?
a. Hydrogen cyanide b. Nicotine c. Hydrogen sulfide d. Carbon monoxide
____10. What is the role of white blood cells?
a. They help blood clot. b. They carry oxygen to body cells. c. They
transport nutrients. d. They fight germs that cause infections.
____ 11. Which blood vessels take oxygen rich blood to your muscles and organs?
a. veins b. capillaries c. arteries d. lungs
____12. Which blood vessels take oxygen poor blood back to the heart?
a. veins b. arteries c. capillaries d. lungs
____13. The top two chambers of the heart are called.
a. ventricles b. lungs c. atriums d. valves
____14. When blood first enters the heart it enters into the.
a. ventricles b. atrium c. lungs d. valves
____ 15. Which system serves as a support framework, protects inner body parts, and
helps with movement?
a. Muscular b. Skeletal
c. Nervous
d. Organ
____ 16. Where do two bones meet?
a. Junction b. Ligament c. Joint
d. Socket
a.
____ 17. What is the tough tissue fiber that connects muscles to joints?
a. Ligaments b. Cartilage c. Gristle
d. Tendon
____ 18. Which type of muscles are those that you can control?
a. Autonomic b. Involuntary
c. Voluntary d. Secondary
____ 19. How would you classify cardiac muscle?
a. Striated b. Smooth
c. Voluntary d. Synergistic
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____ 20. Which sequence below best describes the path that air takes when you
inhale?
a.
Nose or mouth esophagus bronchial tubes lungs alveoli
b.
Nose or mouth esophagus lungs bronchial tubes alveoli
c.
Nose or mouth trachea lungs bronchial tubes alveoli
d.
Nose or mouth trachea bronchial tubes lungs alveoli
____ 21. What are the main organs of the respiratory system?
a. Alveoli
b. Lungs
c. Bronchial Tubes d. Pulmonary Arteries
____ 22. Which of the following is NOT a healthful way to protect your respiratory
system?
a. Stay away from polluted air
b. Breathe in second hand smoke c. See a
physician if you have a respiratory problem
d. Wear a mask around dangerous
fumes
____ 23. Skeletal muscles are __________________ meaning that have a striped
appearance.
a. Striated b. smooth
c. voluntary d. strong
____24. Cardiac muscle is similar to the muscles of your digestive system in that they are
both ____________________________.
a. Striated b. Smooth
c. Voluntary d. strong
____25.Because you can control your skeletal muscles makes them __________________
muscles.
a. Striated b. Smooth
c. Voluntary d. Strong
____26. Cardiac muscle is similar to skeletal muscles because they are both
__________________.
a. Striated b. Smooth
c. Voluntary d.Strong
____27. When a muscle shortens it _________________________.
a. Relaxes
b. Contracts c. Strengthens
d. Weakens
____28. When a muscle lengthens it is __________________________.
a. Relaxes
b. Contracts
c. Strengthens
d. Weakens
____ 29. Muscles never pull only push. True or False
____30. An adult skeleton has fewer bones than that of an infant. True or False
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