Exploring the Nervous System: Functions and Anatomy

Exploring the Nervous System: Functions and Anatomy

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science

6th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS1-8

Standards-aligned

Created by

Jackson Turner

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Standards-aligned

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who first used the phrase 'getting on my nerves'?

Virginia Woolf

Charles Dickens

James Joyce

William Shakespeare

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the longest neuron in the human body?

Optic nerve

Spinal cord

Axon of a giraffe

Sciatic nerve

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the receivers in the neuron structure called?

Axon terminals

Dendrites

Myelin sheath

Soma

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which system controls voluntary body movements?

Autonomic nervous system

Somatic nervous system

Peripheral nervous system

Central nervous system

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the central nervous system consist of?

Spinal cord and nerves

Brain and nerves

Brain and heart

Brain and spinal cord

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which neurons carry signals towards the CNS?

Motor neurons

Effector neurons

Sensory neurons

Interneurons

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens when you smell chocolate chip cookies?

Interneurons block the signal

Motor neurons move towards the cookies

Efferent neurons activate

Afferent neurons carry the signal

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