Exploring the Human Skull
A Grade 6 science worksheet focusing on the structure and function of the human skull, including its parts and protective role.
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Exploring the Human Skull
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use the provided image to help you answer some questions.
1. What is the main function of the human skull?
To help us breathe
To protect the brain
To pump blood
To digest food
2. Which part of the skull is responsible for allowing you to chew food?
Cranium
Eye socket
Mandible
Nasal bone
3. The skull is made up of many different bones that are fused together, except for the .
4. The large, rounded part of the skull that protects the brain is called the .
5. The skull is one solid, unmoving bone.
True
False
6. The eye sockets are part of the skull and protect your eyeballs.
True
False
7. Besides protecting the brain, what is one other important function of the skull?
8. Imagine you didn't have a skull. What problems might you face?
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