A short check on the muscular system for 5th grade students. Part 1 has five multiple-choice questions with three options each, on the main job of the muscular system, tendons, voluntary muscles, how muscles move bones and an involuntary action. Part 2 matches skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle to where each is found. Part 3 asks what the biceps and triceps do when you bend your arm, beside a picture of a bent arm. An answer key is on page 3.
“Recall the main job of the muscular system and that tendons join muscles to bones.”
Part 1 questions 1, 2 and 4.
“Tell voluntary from involuntary muscles and name the three muscle types.”
Part 1 questions 3 and 5 and the Part 2 match.
“Explain that the biceps and triceps work as a pair.”
Part 3 asks what each one does when the arm bends.
Five questions with answers A to C. The topics are the job of the muscular system, what joins muscles to bones, voluntary muscles, how muscles move bones and which action is involuntary.
Skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle sit in a word list above a table of three clues: found only in the walls of the heart, attached to bones to move your arms and legs, and inside hollow organs like the stomach and intestines.
One short answer with three lines, next to a picture of a bent arm that shows muscle and bone.
Letter answers for questions 1 to 5, the three muscle types in order and a model sentence on the biceps contracting while the triceps relaxes.
Exit ticket
Hand it out at the end of the muscular system unit. Part 1 takes a few minutes, and Part 3 shows who can explain contract and relax in their own words.
Swap and mark
Let partners swap papers and mark from the key. Question 4 is worth a talk, since many students think muscles push on bones.
Pick the re-teach
Part 2 has one clue per muscle type, so a wrong row tells you which type to teach again.
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