CBSE Science Class 6 – Chapter 8 – Body Movements – NCERT Exercise Solution (Question-Answer) is provided below. Total 4 Questions are in this NCERT Chapter Exercise, all are solved here.
Q1. Fill in the blanks:
(a) Joints of the bones help in the _____________ if the body.
Answer: movement
(b) A combination of bones and cartilage forms the ___________ of the body.
Answer: skeleton
(c) The bones at the elbow are joined by a _________ joint.
Answer: hinge
(d) The contraction of the ____________pulls the bones during movement.
Answer: muscles
Q2. Indicate true (T) and false (F) among the following sentences.
(a) The movement and locomotion of all animals are exactly the same. ()
Answer: False
(b) The cartilages are harder than bones. ()
Answer: False
(c) The finger bones do not have joints. ()
Answer: False
(d) The fore arm has two bones. ()
Answer: True
(e) Cockroaches have an outer skeleton. ()
Answer: True
Q3. Match the items in column I with one or more items of column II
Column I | Column II |
Upper jaw | Have fins on the body |
Fish | Has an outer skeleton |
Ribs | Can fly in the air |
Snail | Is an immovable joint |
Cockroach | Protect the heart |
Shows very slow movement | |
Have a streamlined body |
Answer:
Column I | Column II |
Upper jaw | Is an immovable joint |
Fish | Have fins on the body, have streamlined body |
Ribs | Protect the heart |
Snail | Shows very slow movement |
Cockroach | Has an outer skeleton |
Q4. Answer the following:
(a) What is a ball and socket joint?
Answer: Ball and socket joint is the rounded end of one bone fits into the cavity (hollow space) of the other bone. Such joint allows movement in all direction.

(b) Which of the skull bones are movable?
Answer: Only lower jaw is movable in skull.
(c) Why can our elbow not move backwards?
Answer: Our elbow does not move backwards because of the hinge-joint present in the elbow which allows only to move in only one direction (back to forth).
Science Class 6 – Chapter 8 – Body Movements – NCERT Exercise Solution ended 👍👍👍
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