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A beautiful gift to humanity:

We should not distort it
A.P.J Abdul Kalam

The aim of science is to develop inquiring minds and curiosity, acquire knowledge,
conceptual understanding and skills to solve problems and make informed decisions

Life is incredibly varied, yet based on common processes. Intrinsic motivation arises
from a desire to learn a topic due to its inherent interests, for self-fulfilment,
enjoyment and to achieve a mastery of the subject.

Academic Window 2018-19 is planned as a skill-based questionnaire that

emphasizes on thinking skills, experimental skills and application skills.

It consists of the following units– Index, Exam wise syllabus, Glossary, Chapter
names and sample papers for Tests and Exams

This is composed and compiled on the basis of the latest syllabus prescribed by
CBSE and will be updated as and when required .

Design and Conceptualization by

Anubha Kalra
Sr. Supervisor ICT

Content Development by
Ms. Nithya Sunith & Ms. Veani Sharma
RnR Science Department

Graphic Designing by
Mohamed Fareeth
ICT Department

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 GLOSSARY

HAD AN IDEA - Conceptual

NEARLY THERE - Understanding

NAILED IT! - Application

VALUE BASED

CHALLENGE YOURSELF!!

MONTH-WISE SYLLABUS
S.NO CHAPTERS MONTH

November /
5. Body Movements
December

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 Time Management
Don’t say you don’t have time— learn to work smarter.
Type of Question Maximum Time Taken PERIODIC TEST HYRLY/ YRLY EXAM
(for each answer) (No. of Ques. × Time taken)
1 Mark 2 Minutes 3 × 2 = 6 minutes 4 × 2 = 8 minutes

2 Mark 4 Minutes 4 × 4 = 16 minutes 6× 3 = 18 minutes

3 Mark 6 Minutes 3 × 6 = 18 minutes 8 × 4 = 32 minutes

4 Mark 8 Minutes 2 × 8 = 16 minutes 10 × 5 = 50 minutes

TOTAL TIME TAKEN 12 Questions = 56 minutes 28 Ques.=1hr 48 min.

TIME LEFT FOR REVISION 14 minutes 42 minutes

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 Body Movements

• There are various kinds of movement that we observe in our day to day activities.
• Movement of hands while playing, skipping and doing exercise, blinking of our eyes, movement of leg
while walking and running.
• We are able to bend and rotate our body in place where two bones are joint together due to which we
can move our hands, fingers, necks, leg in different directions.
• In this chapter we will learn about these joints present in human body and how it works.

Types of joints in Human Body

Different types of
Joints
• Ball and socket joints
• Pivotal joints
• Hinge joints
• Fixed joints

Ball and socket joints:

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Pivotal Joints

Hinge Joint:

Fixed Joint

Bones
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Various shape and functions of bones

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 Cartilage:

Muscles

• Muscles are attached to the bones and is responsible for

the movement of human body. There is change in the
length of muscle due to contraction and relaxation.
• If you move your arm touching your shoulder you will ob-
serve the budging part on your arm, this is muscle due to
contraction and it come back to its normal position if you
stretch your arm and muscle come to relax.
Fig: showing contraction and
relaxation of muscles

Various kinds of movements in animals

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HUMAN BODY AND ITS MOVEMENTS

HAD AN IDEA
1.Bones are hard structures and cannot be bent. But, we can still bend our elbow, knee etc.
How is this possible? (2)
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i. Which muscle contract to pull your arm up? _____________ (3)
ii. Do they contract at the same time? ___________________
iii These muscles are attached to the bones with the help of ________________

3. State the four main functions of the human skeleton. (2)

NEARLY THERE
1.Name the type of joint involved in this movement.
(1)

2.John was watching animal planet and saw that the bones of birds are hollow. What is the ad-
vantage of hollow bones? (2)

3. Why do the vertebrae have holes? (2)

NAILED IT !
1.Why can’t we move our elbow backwards? (2)

2.Differentiate between: Endoskeleton and Exoskeleton (2)

3.Name the following: (2)

The last two pairs of ribs.___________________
The only moveable bone in the skull.

4.Identify the given joints found in the human skeleton. What type of joints are they?

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5.Why do under water divers wear fin like flippers on their feet? (2)

6.What would happen if our backbone would be made of a single bone? (2)

“GAIT OF ANIMALS”

HAD AN IDEA
1.Smita saw the movement of a cockroach and noticed that it could walk, climb and fly?
She got confused. Can you explain how these three movements are possible for the
cockroach .
2.Which part of the skeleton protects the heart and lungs? How?
(2)
3.Vishal was told by his mother that his toddler brother had more bones than him. Vishal
was not ready to believe. Can you convince Vishal giving reasons?
(2)

NEARLY THERE
4. Write the type of joint which is used for each of the following movements: (3)
(a) A cricket bowler bowls the ball. _____________________.
(b) A girl moves her head in right and left direction. __________________.
(c)A person lifts weights to build up his biceps. _________________________.

NAILED IT !
5.Give the names of the joints involved in the given actions A, B and C. (3)

Work Requires More

Work Well Done Work Adequately
Practice and Effort
Attempted
And Presented

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