Biology -11 Coordination and Response PreQuiz

What are changes in the environment that can be detected by organisms called?

• stimuli

• receptor

• response

• neurotransmitter

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What are the parts of the central nervous system(CNS)?

• The Brain and Spinal Cord

• The Heart and Brain

• All nerves in the body

• The endocrine and nervous system

What are the cells that transmit signals in the nervous system?

• The Spinal Cord

• striated cells

• neurones

• epitheal cells

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What is the extension of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which messages pass to other neurons or to muscles or glands

• the axon

• the dendrite

• The myelin sheath

• The synapse

The space between the axon terminal of one neuron and the receptors of the next neuron is called:

• the synaptic gap

• The myelin sheath gaps

• the neurotransmitter

• The effector gap

What are the chemicals that cross the synaptic gap between neurons called?

• neurotransmitters

• myelin

• glial

• hormones

What is the light sensitive layer of the eye that contains the rods and cones?

• cornea

• retina

• sclera

• optic nerve

What is the central focal point in the retina called?

• blind spot

• optic nerve

• fovea

• choroid

_______ is the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina

• accomodation

• reflex arc

• dialation

• constriction

________ is the growth response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus.

• tropism

• solopsism

• paraxism

• truism