Nature & science · Age 7 · Animals, Offspring & Movement
Feel Your Muscles Working
Understand how muscles are used during everyday actions like pulling and pushing.
Module
Animals, Offspring & Movement
Age
Age 7
Duration
8 min
Questions
5
What's in this exercise
Answers are hidden — sign up to practise and check your work.
Question 1
Multiple choice
If you hold a heavy book with your arm outstretched, after a minute your arm feels tired because...
Question 2
Multiple choice
When you pull open a drawer, which muscles tighten?
Question 3
Multiple choice
Why do muscles sometimes feel sore after lots of exercise?
Question 4
True or false
Even your heart is a muscle — it works all day and night without stopping.
Question 5
Matching
Match each everyday activity to the muscles it mainly uses.