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Big round (ages 12 and up): 🫀 Your body. Ten questions. Tap a box to see the answer.

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The ten, for a host reading aloud

  1. 1.What is the outer layer of your skin called?
    • A the cortex
    • B the epidermis
    • C the dermis
  2. 2.What tough cords hold skeletal muscles to bones?
    • A ligaments
    • B capillaries
    • C tendons
  3. 3.In the retina, which cells sense color?
    • A hair cells
    • B cones
    • C rods
  4. 4.What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide swap?
    • A alveoli
    • B villi
    • C bronchi
  5. 5.Which protein in red blood cells carries oxygen?
    • A hemoglobin
    • B keratin
    • C insulin
  6. 6.Which part of the brain, at the back below the cerebrum, helps you keep your balance?
    • A the cerebellum
    • B the pituitary gland
    • C the hypothalamus
  7. 7.What are the lowest two pairs of ribs, not joined to the breastbone in front, called?
    • A sliding ribs
    • B hanging ribs
    • C floating ribs
  8. 8.What is the snail-shaped, fluid-filled part of the inner ear called?
    • A the cochlea
    • B the cornea
    • C the larynx
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  1. B: the epidermis. Below it is the dermis, which holds nerve endings, blood vessels and sweat glands. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
  2. C: tendons. When a muscle pulls, its tendon and the bone move along with it. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
  3. B: cones. Each eye has about 120 million rods, which see in black, white and gray. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
  4. A: alveoli. Each person has hundreds of millions of alveoli in their lungs. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
  5. A: hemoglobin. Blood turns bright red when hemoglobin picks up oxygen in the lungs. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
  6. A: the cerebellum. It is much smaller than the cerebrum but lets you stand up and move around. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
  7. C: floating ribs. They can't float away: like all ribs, they are fixed to the spine in back. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
  8. A: the cochlea. Tiny hair cells inside it help turn sound into electrical signals for the brain. Source: NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

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