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What is an example of a stimulus and response.

• Eye pupils dilating when the lights come on.
• Getting larger over time.
• Being made of cells.
• Having a genetic code.

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Nerve impulses are carried from the eye to the brain by the

• optic nerve
• transducens nerve
• cornea
• rod and cone cells

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What is the main organ involved in the nervous system?

• Heart
• Lungs
• Brain
• Bones

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What sense organ is responsible for our sense of touch?

• Ears
• Face
• Nose 
• Skin

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This is the thinking part of the brain that interprets movements and senses

• cerebrum

• cerebellum

• thalamus

• hypothalamus

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Receptors found in your mouth are

• mechanical receptors

• chemical receptors

• sound receptors

• photoreceptors

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Information gathered using your 5 senses is called an

• Observation

• Inference

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Select all that apply: The function of the nervous system is to control

• voluntary movement

• our senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste..)

• our memories and thoughts

• Involuntary actions likes breathing and heart beat

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A scientist is testing the impact of light and dark on the moth behavior by turning a light on and off. The DEPENDENT variable is...

• amount of light

• moth behavior/their reaction

• number of moths

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When you touch a hot pan, you immediately react because special nerve cells in your skin send a message to your _________.

• finger

• brain

• eyes

• spinal cord

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