Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · Biology
Chapter: Chapter 12 — Chapter 12: Movement and Locomotion
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does the skeletal system provide? [1]
(A) Support and structure
(B) Only movement
(C) Only protection
(D) Nothing specific
2. What enables movement, attached to bones? [1]
(A) Muscles
(B) Only joints
(C) Only skin
(D) Only blood vessels
3. What do muscles do to produce movement? [1]
(A) Contract and relax
(B) Only expand
(C) Only shrink permanently
(D) Nothing specific
4. What are joints? [1]
(A) Places where bones meet
(B) A type of muscle
(C) A type of bone
(D) Nothing specific
5. What is an example of a hinge joint? [1]
(A) The knee
(B) The shoulder
(C) The hip
(D) Neither of these
6. What is an example of a ball-and-socket joint? [1]
(A) The shoulder
(B) The knee
(C) The elbow
(D) Neither of these
7. What is locomotion? [1]
(A) Movement from one place to another
(B) Any body movement, including internal
(C) No movement at all
(D) Only muscle contraction
8. Why study movement and locomotion? [1]
(A) To understand how skeletal and muscular systems work together
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What does the skeletal system provide? [1]
(A) Support and structure
(B) Only movement
(C) Only protection
(D) Nothing specific
10. What enables movement, attached to bones? [1]
(A) Muscles
(B) Only joints
(C) Only skin
(D) Only blood vessels
11. What do muscles do to produce movement? [1]
(A) Contract and relax
(B) Only expand
(C) Only shrink permanently
(D) Nothing specific
12. What are joints? [1]
(A) Places where bones meet
(B) A type of muscle
(C) A type of bone
(D) Nothing specific
13. What is an example of a hinge joint? [1]
(A) The knee
(B) The shoulder
(C) The hip
(D) Neither of these
14. What is an example of a ball-and-socket joint? [1]
(A) The shoulder
(B) The knee
(C) The elbow
(D) Neither of these
15. What is locomotion? [1]
(A) Movement from one place to another
(B) Any body movement, including internal
(C) No movement at all
(D) Only muscle contraction
16. Why study movement and locomotion? [1]
(A) To understand how skeletal and muscular systems work together
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests