Biological Bases 1.1-1.2

1. How is the nervous system divided structurally?

• Into brain and muscles

• Into sensory and motor systems

• Into conscious and unconscious systems

• Into central and peripheral nervous systems

Which part of the nervous system is responsible for controlling involuntary activities?

• Somatic nervous system

• Autonomic nervous system

• Peripheral nervous system

• Central nervous system

1. What term refers to actions controlled by the somatic nervous system?

• Autonomic acts

• Involuntary acts

• Reflexes

• Voluntary acts

1. The peripheral nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord.

• False
• True

Nature refers to

• heredity and genetics

• environment

• both

Nurture refers to

• heredity or genetics

• environment

• both

Family is _____ in the Nature v Nurture debate

• nature

• nurtture

• both

How do you "win" at natural selection?

• survive

• go extinct

• survive & reproduce

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artifical Selection

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Steven Hawking
• Isaac Newton