How Muscles Move — Questions and answers

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What does Stella's dad say helps them move their arms and legs?

Choices

  1. Their bones.
  2. Their muscles. ✓
  3. Their brains.
  4. Their glasses.

Answer: Their muscles.

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Who was Francesco Redi?

Choices

  1. A famous poet from 1665.
  2. An Italian physician, naturalist, biologist, and poet. ✓
  3. A scientist who believed maggots spontaneously generated.
  4. Stella's friend who had curly golden-brown hair.

Answer: An Italian physician, naturalist, biologist, and poet.

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How did Redi's observations help future scientists?

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  1. They learned how to dissect animals.
  2. They understood how muscles help us breathe and walk. ✓
  3. They discovered new types of animals.
  4. They found out where muscles come from.

Answer: They understood how muscles help us breathe and walk.

From page 7

Who quoted Newton saying, "'If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.'"?

Choices

  1. Stella.
  2. Ivan.
  3. Luka. ✓
  4. Dad.

Answer: Luka.

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