QUIZ: Body Sys Nervous System (7th)

Select all the parts of the nervous system:

• nerve

• spinal cord

• brain

• villi

• esophagus

Answer explanation

The nervous system controls impulses and allows the body to respond to stimuli.

Clive wants to pick up a cookie on the table. In order for this to happen, the type of cell that will carry the message from his brain to the muscles in his arm and hand are

(a)   .

• neuron cells
• digestive cells
• muscle cells
• nucleus cells

Answer explanation

This type of cell makes up the nervous system.

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Which diagram shows the nervous system?

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Answer explanation

This choice shows some parts of the nervous system, including major nerves, the spinal cord, and the brain.

A change in an organism is known as:

• a response

• an impulse

• a synapse

• a stimulus

Answer explanation

This change happens if a stimulus present.

The correct answer is any change an organism makes due to something in its environment.

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What are two body systems that would be most likely to be used by a person bending her leg at the knee?

• skeletal and muscular

• nervous and digestive

• circulatory and skeletal

• muscular and endocrine

Answer explanation

Think about which systems have to do with body movement.

Drag the appropriate labels from below onto the diagram of the brain.

d

e

a

brain stem

cerebellum

nerve

spinal cord

cerebrum

Answer explanation

IF you did not get all 3 answers correct, be sure to use your resources: notebook, packets, etc.

Match the following:

• cerebellum

• movement of information between the brain and other parts of the body

• brain stem

• memory, language, thought, information from the senses

• cerebrum

• voluntary muscle movement, balance, and

  posture

• spinal cord

• involuntary functions

Answer explanation

IF you got this question incorrect (even a little bit) be sure to go back and double check the reading packet we did in class.

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Drag the correct term from below onto the diagram of the pathway of a nerve impulse

f

g

h

synapse

sense neuron

cerebrum

brain

motor neuron

cerebellum

spinal cord

interneuron

brain stem

Match the following terms with the correct definition.

• structure

• the things a structure does

• model

• smallest structural unit that makes up living things

• cell

• the levels of structure (from cell to organ system) in an organism

• function

• representation of a system or its components

• levels of organization

• parts the body is made of and how they are organized

Answer explanation

Be sure to check your vocab list if you got any of these incorrect.

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When we did the 'Can You Feel The Difference' activity, the one-point touches acted as a ​ (a)   or the data we collected that was used to compare with our experimental data.

• control
• experimental
• variable
• constant
• dependent variable

Answer explanation

When we do an experiment, we always want to control some data so that we can compare it to the experimental results.