Q3W6 Nervous System Quiz

What is the primary function of the nervous system?

• Circulating blood

• Controlling and sending messages in the body

• Breaking down food

• Protecting organs

What are the two main parts of the nervous system?

• Heart and lungs

• Brain and spinal cord

• Central nervous system and peripheral nervous system

• Bones and muscles

What does the central nervous system include?

• Heart and veins

• Brain and spinal cord

• Muscles and bones

• Eyes and ears

What is the peripheral nervous system made up of?

• Nerves outside the brain and spinal cord

• Only the brain

• Bones and muscles

• Only the spinal cord

What carries messages between the brain and other parts of the body?

• Veins

• Bones

• Nerves

• Muscles

What is the job of the brain in the nervous system?

• Pump blood

• Send and receive messages

• Protect organs

• Store energy

What helps the brain know if something is hot or cold?

• Spinal cord

• Muscles

• Sensory receptors

• Blood

What does the spinal cord do in the nervous system?

• Sends messages between the brain and the body

• Stores food

• Pumps blood

• Protects the body from injury

When you touch something sharp, how does your brain know it hurts?

• The skin creates the pain

• Sensory receptors send a message through nerves to the brain

• The spinal cord stops the pain

• Muscles tell the brain

Which sense uses sensory receptors to detect light and color?

• Hearing

• Smell

• Sight

• Touch