The Human Machine

What is one way robots are like humans?

• They both get programmed by humans
• They both have strings and rods that help to move their hands
• They both digest food for energy
• They both need sunlight to survive

What is the string that connects the muscle to a bone called?

• tendon
• ligament
• joint
• muscle

What are the nerves called that send messages from the senses to the brain?

• movement nerves
• optical nerves
• sensational nerves
• sensory nerves

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

When a scientist cuts something open to see how a living thing works is called

• surgery
• operation
• dissection
• sedation

If we did not have this we would be a blob on the floor

• skeleton
• skin
• muscles
• brain

What is the screen called that sees the image upside down in the back of the eye?

• lense
• cornea
• retina
• magnifier

What is the part of the eye where light enters called?

• cornea lense
• retina
• iris
• pupil

What kind of animal has bigger pupils during the day and larger at night?

• nocturnal
• nightlife
• night vision
• dark dwellers

What is the colored part of your eye called?

• cornea lens
• retina
• pupil
• iris

In the "Reaction Time" activity, what happens to your brain when the ruler is dropped?

• it freaks out
• it panics
• it makes a decision to grab it
• it shuts down

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8